Media Mogul, Former National Arts Centre President Peter Herrndorf Dies, Family Says

Arts advocate Peter Herrndorf receives the Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award from Governor General Julie Payette during the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on June 1, 2018. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang

Peter Herrndorf, lawyer, Canadian media mogul and the former president and chief executive officer of the National Arts Centre, has died at age 82.

Matthew Herrndorf confirmed the news, saying his father died of cancer early Saturday morning “surrounded by family” at Toronto’s Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital.