Trivia

His father, George Black, was a wealthy brewery executive.

Owns houses in London, New York City, Toronto, and Palm Beach, Florida.

Renounced his Canadian citizenship in order to be eligible for British life peerage. He was indeed elevated to the peerage by Queen Elizabeth II on the advice of Tony Blair and became Lord Black of Crossharbour, on Oct. 31, 2001.

At one point he was the third largest newspaper publisher in the world.

He weighed in heavily with his controversial views that Britain should join NAFTA or that Canada should become part of the U.S.