More than 70 people who knew him well remember George Orwell, the enigmatic author author of Animal Farm and 1984 -- two of the bestselling books of modern times.
Born in Weymouth, England, in 1945, Stephen Wadhams joined the BBC in 1968. He spent 18 months as a volunteer broadcaster in Malawi, Africa, before moving to Canada in 1974 to join the CBC Radio program "As it Happens." He then spent ten years as a documentary producer for "Sunday Morning," producing many high-profile projects in Canada, the US, Europe and Africa. From 1990 to his retirement in 2016, Wadhams created radio documentaries for the CBC, helping colleagues and more than 200 members of the public tell their stories on the programs "Outfront" and "Living out Loud."
