Solly Tolchinsky (2 January 1929 – 1 December 2020) was a Canadian

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player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. Born in

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, he was part of the Canadian basketball team, which finished ninth in the Olympic tournament. His brother was

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comedy writer

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. Tochinsky died from complications of

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in Montreal, on 1 December 2020, at the age of 91, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Montreal. He was the son of Nessie Cartman and Mendel "Max" Tolchinsky, a labourer and door-to-door salesman.

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