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A plaque in the lobby of the Burton Cummings Theatre in memory of Laurence Irving and Mabel Hackney. For the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Duchess of Ireland, the worst maritime disaster with over 1,000 dead including two very prominent English actors, Laurence Irving and Mabel Hackney. Kevin Prokosh story Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press May 23 2014