Cornelius Charles was able to quit smoking at the age of 89. (Submitted Photo/ Karla Bear)

By Ronald Quaroni

Cold Turkey

Former Prince Albert resident able to quit smoking at 89

Mar 17, 2020 | 12:59 PM

At a time when people, especially seniors, are worried about their health, a woman from the Prince Albert area is sharing a motivating story about her grandfather’s quick road to quitting smoking.

Karla Bear’s grandfather, Cornelius Clarke was 89 when he went to the doctor for his annual checkup. The doctor told Clarke his habit of two packs of cigarettes a day would probably kill him.

According to Bear, her grandfather quit cold turkey on the advice of his doctor.

“I don’t know if there was anything else other than the doctor giving him the warning. He was always a very determined man,” Bear told paNOW.

Clarke went on to live nine more years until he was 98.

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Butting out was a small chapter in the book that was Cornelius Clarke’s life. He was a WWI and WWII veteran. He was born in England and moved to Prince Albert after WWI and worked at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary before taking a job as governor at a jail in Ontario.

Clarke was born in 1892 and passed away in 1990.

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Ron.quaroni@jpbg.ca

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