Reuben Pecarve was a high profile Montreal hypnotist who helped people quit smoking and other useful things, having made the switch being a showman who got people to act like chickens on stage. He was an extrovert and a mediatized figure but enjoyed surprisingly little coverage in the local print media that I can find at this moment. He was at work until the end, advertising his services on CJAD radio. He was of the Jewish faith, 80 years old, survived by a son named Stewart Pecarve and a daughter named Lori Pecarve.
A man of 48 his new wife and her daughter starved themselves to death in Miami. Two French-language books from the longtime Montreal religious cult known as the Raelians were found in their house. They did not live in Montreal but were apparently adherents of the Raelian faith which was long based here. The Raelians, never known to miss a chance at publicity, wrote a press release disassociating themselves from the act, which they denounce because they don't believe in suicide or even an afterlife.
Lola Sully. This pioneer of burlesque was known at the Bellevue Casino. I found a bunch of links in the local papers from the google news archives but when I returned to find them I could find them no more. When I come across them again it'll offer proof that this bombastic babe was an all time legend here in the M City.
Sully is seen in the Action Populaire photo of 25 June 1953. She's ambushing Mayor Camilien Houde with a lapel flower after she crossed his path at the launch of a Dow Brewery facility in Montreal. The article notes that she will be old enough to vote soon.
A man of 48 his new wife and her daughter starved themselves to death in Miami. Two French-language books from the longtime Montreal religious cult known as the Raelians were found in their house. They did not live in Montreal but were apparently adherents of the Raelian faith which was long based here. The Raelians, never known to miss a chance at publicity, wrote a press release disassociating themselves from the act, which they denounce because they don't believe in suicide or even an afterlife.
Sully is seen in the Action Populaire photo of 25 June 1953. She's ambushing Mayor Camilien Houde with a lapel flower after she crossed his path at the launch of a Dow Brewery facility in Montreal. The article notes that she will be old enough to vote soon.
I will never forget Percarve's unique voice having heard it 18 million times on CJAD. RIP.
ReplyDeleteanonymous re lola sully-ruined many marriages especially my aunt's. she only had one daughter called nancy that from her father rudy stefanik. my father also worked at the bellevue casino as head bartender..so i have heard all the stories about harry homack, etc. i really like your site,keep on going and researching
ReplyDeletehi there, i would love to hear the stories you are referencing.
DeleteReuben Pecarve was my Hypnotherapist and I thought it was all a joke. he literally helped save my life and was a great man who I will never forget.
ReplyDeleteI know it has been soem time since he has passed on, but I was his paitent many years ago and need to say how much he impacted my life in a positive way.
You will be missed.
Ahmed
Rueben Pecarve helped me change my life for the better. He was an amazing man and even made my infant son laugh hard for the first time in his life. you will be missed.
ReplyDeleteAhmed
Dr Pecarve changed my life more significantly than any other thing that I have encountered in 24 years of life.
ReplyDeleteI had been diagnosed with a serious chronic pain disorder in high school, and it completely ended my life. Every waking moment was somewhere between moderate to searing pain. Eventually I stopped sleeping completely, and soon all life became a waking nightmare.
I saw the best doctors around, but found no real help. Then I met Dr Pecarve. With six 1 hour sessions he taught me auto-hypnosis, a skill that I had previously assumed to be fictional.
With time I was able to sleep again, and even become eventually able to feel no pain. I heard that he had died a number of years ago, but I was across the country and so I just noted it down.
The man changed my life, and I will never forget him.
--Adam
Dr Pecarve was a great man.
ReplyDeleteHe taught me auto-hypnosis and changed my life.
He should be remembered for the lives he effected.