Leon Dubinsky Obituary

Leon Dubinsky was a comedian actor, theatre director and composer.

Dubinsky first became prominent in music with the regional touring band Buddy and the Boys in the 1970s and 1980s and launched an annual musical stage revue, The Rose and Follies of Cape Breton, in the early 1980s.

Another musical revue by Dubinsky, the Cape Breton Summertime Revue, toured even more extensively across Canada in the 1990s.

In 2002, Dubinsky won the Stompin’ Tom Connors Award from the East Coast Music Award in honour of his contributions to the region’s musical culture.

He starred alongside Rick Mercer in the 1988 CBC Television teleplay, My Brother Larry, and had a recurring role as Cap McKenzie in the 1990s television series, Pit Pony.

Dubinsky died on January 17, 2023. The cause of his death is unknown.