Carrie Best Cause Of Death: How Did Carrie Best Die?

Carrie Mae Best, OC, ONS was a Canadian journalist and social activist.

Carrie Best was born on March 4, 1903, in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia to James and Georgina Ashe Prevoe.

In 1943, Carrie Best confronted the racial segregation of the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow. She purchased two tickets for the downstairs seating of the theatre and attempted to watch a film with her son James Calbert Best.

However, they were arrested and fought the charges in an attempt to challenge the legal justification of the theatre’s segregation. Their case was unsuccessful and they had to pay damages to Roseland’s owners.

However, the experience helped motivate Carrie Best to found The Clarion in 1946, the first black-owned and published Nova Scotia newspaper, which became an important voice in exposing racism and exploring the lives of Black Nova Scotians.

In the first edition of The Clarion Carrie Best broke the story of Viola Desmond who also challenged racial segregation at the Roseland Theatre and whose story became a milestone human rights case in Canada.

In 1952, Carrie Best started a radio show, The Quiet Corner, which was aired for 12 years and from 1968 to 1975, she was a columnist for The Pictou Advocate, a newspaper based in Pictou, Nova Scotia.

In 1974, Carrie Best was made a Member of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Officer in 1979.

In 1977, Carrie Best published an autobiography, That Lonesome Road.

How Did Carrie Best Die?

Carrie Best died on July 24, 2001, at the age of 98 of natural causes in her hometown New Glasgow.