being a place where he could come as an immigrant, without wealth, knowledge, language skills or a network and set up a successful business and grow it into an empire. Death Munk died in Toronto on March 28, 2018, at the age of 90. The cause of death was not disclosed, but Munk had been dealing with heart problems for several years and wore a pacemaker. The Financial Post posthumously lauded him as "An entrepreneur with a Midas touch, he was one of Canada's most high-flying, international deal makers, with friends ranging from Brian Mulroney and Prince Charles to the arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi and French billionaire Bernard Arnault, as well as one its most generous benefactors." In 2022, Richard Poplak reflected on the lack of critical reflection on the Munk's corporate legacy of harm in the places where Barrick Gold mines operated and the degree to which that cannot be separated from Munk, who micromanaged the corporation. In the same podcast, Canadaland stated the Munk was fortunate to escape criticism during the global increased focus on sexual violence in 2018 in the context of the hundreds of rapes Barrick Gold security staff perpetuated at Porgera Gold Mine. Honours He received several honorary degrees: Doctorate from Upsala College, New Jersey in 1991 Doctorate from Bishop's University, Quebec in 1995 Doctor of Laws from Trinity College, University of Toronto in 1995 Doctorate from Concordia University, Montreal in 1999 Doctorate from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel in 2001 Doctor of Sacred Letters from Trinity College, University of Toronto in 2004, jointly with his wife Melanie Munk He became Officer of The Order of Canada (the country's highest civilian honour) in 1993 and was promoted to Companion in 2008; received The Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship in 2002 (the first time awarded outside the U.S.); was inducted into the Canadian Business Hall of Fame, and the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame. In 2012 Munk was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. His homeland awarded him the Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary in 2016. Notes External links Biography of Peter Munk Citation for Peter and Melanie Munk Archival photographs and documents concerning Peter Munk's early life in Hungary, Munk-Munkácsi Family Collection, Magyar Zsidó Múzeum és Levéltár(Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives, Budapest) Cumming, John "The Northern Miner's video tribute to