the author of 15 books including I Should Have Died, Is the Free Trade Deal Really for You? (1988) and Power and Greed: A Short History of the World (2002). In his book Nice Work: The Continuing Scandal of Canada's Senate, journalist and author Claire Hoy wrote that Gigantes, during a filibuster in the Senate, read one of his books into the record; another senator suggested that he did this to get the work translated into French for free by parliamentary staff responsible for Hansard. Death Gigantès died on December 9, 2004 of prostate cancer in Montreal. He left behind his wife Sylvie, three daughters Eleni, Claire and Eve Marie, two grandsons and a granddaughter. His ashes were scattered in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea near Kefalonia, Greece. References External links 1923 births 2004 deaths Canadian senators from Quebec Deaths from prostate cancer Candidates in the 1980 Canadian federal election Liberal Party of Canada senators Politicians from Montreal Recipients of the Order of the Phoenix (Greece) University of Toronto alumni Liberal Party of Canada candidates for the Canadian House of Commons Greek emigrants to Canada