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    Just wondering if anyone knows if the singer of Oh! Canada at the Olympics is related to chess player Yanofsky

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    Re: Olympic Singer Yanofsky

    Originally posted by Lee Hendon View Post
    Just wondering if anyone knows if the singer of Oh! Canada at the Olympics is related to chess player Yanofsky
    It's unlikely,

    Abe Yanofsky in Winnipeg, Nikki in Montreal:

    (Father not Zal Yanovsky of The Lovin' Spoonful.)

    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...ticle17576.ece
    Jan 26 2008 article

    Her parents (Elyssa and Richard), both native Montrealers, who have been married for 21 years, describe their daughter as “a force” who has commanded attention from an early age. Her 50-year-old father, Richard, a principal and founder of WowWee, a toy company, has always had a studio in the house for his band, which he has since folded as he focuses his musical interest on his daughter's career. He plans to remain her manager.

    With her two older brothers, Michael, now 19, and Andrew, 17, she would often give musical performances during family meals on Sunday night. When she was 2, she learned all the songs in the hit musical Rent and would compete with her brothers about who could remember the most words on long car rides to the family ski chalet in Stowe, Vt. At 4, she was singing Britney Spears songs. At 5, she discovered the Beatles. By 8, she was hooked on jazz.

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      Re: Olympic Singer Yanofsky

      I posted about this a long time ago.... I asked her management company, and they kindly replied that the family says they are not related.

      David

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