Murray Sinclair, Truth and Reconciliation Commission chair, dies at 73

Murray Sinclair, who chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on residential schools, has died at the age of 73.

Niigaan Sinclair says his father died this morning in a Winnipeg hospital.

Murray Sinclair was the first Indigenous judge in Manitoba and the second in Canada.

He was also a senator from 2016 to 2021.

The member of Peguis First Nation was a father of five, as well as a grandfather.

He limited public engagements in recent years due to his declining health.

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