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Here are some of his achievements of Don's Life:
* Wrote the lyrics of Anne of Green Gables, THe Musical which has been performed annually in Charlottetown since 1965 to present.
*Directed the 1956 TV Film Anne of Green Gables
*Starred in the US Variety Country Music Show HEE-HAW for 18 years.
*Named a Member of The ORDER OF CANADA IN 1980.
*Named a Member of The Order of Ontario in 2000.
*In 1997 he received the Gemini Award for lifetime achievement & TV.
*He was an actor, writer, comic and producer. He played active roles at Stratford Festival in 1952, performed at London's West End and on Broadway.
*Host of CBC's Morningside from 1977-1982
*Don aurthored 17 books most as Charlie Farquharson.
*He wrote his most revealing work in 2012,. He published a 440 page memoir (My Double Life:Sexy Years of Farquharson Around with Don Harron)
*Don was married 4 times with his most recent wife, Claudette Gareau. He had been married 34 years with Catherine McKinnon and divorced in 2003.
*Don is survived by Gareau and his 3 daughters. One of his daughters Mary Harron is following Don into show business.