Donald K. Donald, 82
Concert promoter Donald K. Donald has died. He was 82. The notices about him are brief, social media giving terse accolades about how he brought major acts to town. (But see later items linked in comments below.)
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Ephraim 09:13 on 2026-04-14 Permalink
How much are the tickets? And how much are the scalpers charging?
Joey 11:46 on 2026-04-14 Permalink
Hard to overstate how strongly he seemed to run the entire concert/sports/event promotion scene in Montreal for decades. Feels like the kind of person who would have a really interesting obit in the Globe or the Gazette, which has not reported his death yet.
(BTW am I obtuse or does the Gazette’s website not have a search function?)
MarcG 11:53 on 2026-04-14 Permalink
Joey, I can’t find a search feature on the frontend either and it seems like they also intentionally disabled WordPress’s built-in functionality. You can do it with google though, querying like this: “[search-term-here] site:https://montrealgazette.com/“.
Blork 14:25 on 2026-04-14 Permalink
I was wondering if search is only available for subscribers.
Joey 14:58 on 2026-04-14 Permalink
@MarcG, that’s what I did, but it’s kind of insane that they wouldn’t have an obvious search function. At least the ad blockers I used worked reasonably well…
Joey 20:22 on 2026-04-14 Permalink
Anyway, this is a lot more interesting than those local notices: https://lefsetz.com/wordpress/2026/04/14/donald-tarlton/
MarcG 07:03 on 2026-04-15 Permalink
Thanks for sharing that, Joey. Some older articles about him in the Gazette are posted on Facebook here.
Kate 09:10 on 2026-04-15 Permalink
Wednesday, Bill Brownstein eulogizes DKD in the Gazette.
PatrickC 09:41 on 2026-04-15 Permalink
Re Bill’s piece, I had not realized that he has “postmedia” and not “gazette” in his email address. No doubt the same is true of the paper’s other writers. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised, but it struck me, since the article was about the corporate homogenization of the concert business.
MarcG 19:42 on 2026-04-15 Permalink
@Joey: Post Media is hiring a web developer if you want to roll up your sleeves and add the search back yourself 🙂
Ian 11:40 on 2026-04-19 Permalink
Considering the job is a senior php developer for only 85k at a “news” company that is advertising for journalists at 45k and has an overall approval rating of only 3.2 (glassdoor info, all) …
Looking at their job postings the one that gets the highest pay, starting at 115k, is “Team Lead, AI Operations”. No journalism jobs for more than 65 k. Says a lot. Not applying is probably dodging a bullet.
Kate 14:16 on 2026-04-19 Permalink
I built the first Gazette website ever, for the 1995 referendum. But I doubt they would hire me back 🙂