Ole ED,
I remember  taking my small kids to see beauty and the beast near the end of their run and we were the only ones sitting in our row near the front side. ED sat two chairs away from my kids. He smiled everytime they went ohh and awwww. I thanked him for a wonderful show!
When I was younger and worked In a building around the corner from his king street stores we would go there always for lunch. The man turned that corner from aweful to first class. Really who wanted to buy land next to the railway tracks? Then later Roy Thomson. hall was built across the street. The shops on the stretch of road was incredible. I went by there two years ago and could not believe my eyes at what has changed there from 45 years ago.. 
I don't think there is one immigrant that did not know his name or pass by or go into his store. I doubt very much he would have sold if still alive. Hence my theory all you keep with you in life is your word. Everything. Else someone owned it before you and after you