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Norman Elder was born on 17 July, 1939 in Toronto, Ontario, is an Explorer, author, artist and equestrian. Discover Norman Elder's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 64 years old?
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Toronto, Ontario |
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15 October, 2003 |
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Toronto, Ontario |
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Norman Elder Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Norman Elder worth at the age of 64 years old? Norman Elder’s income source is mostly from being a successful author. He is from Toronto, Ontario. We have estimated Norman Elder's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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Norman Sam Elder (July 17, 1939 – October 15, 2003) was a Canadian explorer, exotic animal owner, writer, artist, Olympic equestrian and one of Toronto's eccentrics.
He was the owner of the Norman Elder Museum at 140 Bedford Road in the Annex, an affluent neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario.
Norman Elder was a descendant of Robert James Elder, founder of the Elder Carriage Works, a carriage-making business in Toronto.
The company provided carriages for the Eaton's chain of department stores.
He grew up on Park Lane Circle in Toronto, where he discovered himself, his love of animals, and his knack for outrageous endeavors.
He was a graduate of Upper Canada College, the University of Western Ontario and the University of Toronto.
He also ran for Alderman in Toronto, where he had many remarkable television interviews before losing.
He also competed in the 1959 Pan-American Games, where in he placed third individually riding Prince Maple, and also won team gold.
He competed as a member of the Canadian Equestrian Team in Three-Day Eventing at the Olympic Games, first in Rome in 1960, and again in Mexico City in 1968.
In 1967 he finished second individually, riding Ranae Doe.
His brother Jim Elder also competed in the Olympics six times in equestrian events, winning one gold medal.
Elder was the author of The Norman Elder Horse Book.
He founded the Canadian Chapter of the Explorers Club in 1979.
He wrote This Thing of Darkness, a book about the Amazon with the foreword written by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
Elder was an accomplished equestrian.
In 1998, an Ontario Court sentenced Elder to two years less a day in prison for sexual contact with several young men.
In 1998, Elder pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting 10 young men between 1970 and 1980.
On March 12, 1998, Judge Faith Finnestad sentenced Elder to two years less a day in jail.
Elder died on October 15, 2003, in Toronto of an apparent suicide by hanging.
The museum was a private home containing thousands of artifacts collected from his travels.
The upper floors of the museum served as a rooming house for up to 10 tenants.
Two of the interior scenes in David Cronenberg's film Naked Lunch were shot in the museum's main living room and library.
The Norman Elder Museum was home to a number of exotic animals.
'Tony', a Galapagos Islands tortoise, lived for many years, roaming the first floor.
He ate lettuce and would often walk to those in the room.
He enjoyed his neck being scratched, and would extend it during the process.
He eventually fell ill and was transported to Guelph University hospital, where he died.
There, he was frozen until he could be delivered to a taxidermist.
He was eventually returned to the museum stuffed.
Also living in the museum were two very large pythons and a boa constrictor which lived in the basement and often escaped to other parts of the house.
Also residing in the house from time to time were a fruit bat, three lemurs, several chinchillas and numerous ferrets.
Of the myriad artifacts displayed within the museum, the most peculiar were a reconstructed panther skeleton, a collection of grapefruit-sized turquoise malachite eggs, fossilized elephant bird eggs, unexploded military mortar shells, an elephant skull with jaw-bone, dried elephant dung balls, a stuffed dingo, and various human skulls from the Ganges river.
The front garden of the museum was enclosed by an 8 foot high iron polar bear fence purchased from the Riverdale Zoo during renovations.
The back garden held an underground, granite-walled tunnel which led to a room known as the tomb.
The entrance to the tunnel was a secret doorway under Elder's bed in the first-floor master bedroom.
140 Bedford Road was gutted and renovated after Elder's death, leaving little trace of the house's former occupant.
Norman's beloved dog Charley (who was stuffed and mounted on a movable wheeled platform) was retrieved and is owned by a private collector.
As an explorer, Elder embarked on lengthy expeditions to remote areas of Papua New Guinea, Namibia, the Amazon, the Congo, the Arctic, Madagascar, and many other countries.