Giller Prize creator Jack Rabinovitch dies

TORONTO — Jack Rabinovitch, the beloved businessman who created the lucrative and prestigious Scotiabank Giller Prize literary award that boosted the profiles and sales of countless Canadian fiction authors, has died.
Rabinovitch died Sunday afternoon in Toronto, his daughter Elana confirmed. He was 87.
An obituary posted on the website of Benjamin’s Park Memorial Chapel, which was handling the funeral arrangements, said Rabinovitch died as a result of a “catastrophic fall&rdqu