was supposed to receive an award for his lifelong campaign for Holocaust remembrance from Czech President Miloš Zeman on the state day of 28 October. Ultimately, the president decided against conferring the honor on him after Brady's distant relative, Czech government minister Daniel Herman, met exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama against the president's wishes. Among his many lifetime honors, he was also awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. George Brady died of heart failure in Toronto on 11 January 2019 at the age of 90. References External links Hana's Story (Brady family website) 1928 births 2019 deaths Czechoslovak emigrants to Canada Czech Jews Members of the Order of Ontario Theresienstadt Ghetto survivors Auschwitz concentration camp survivors Businesspeople from Toronto People from Nové Město na Moravě Recipients of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany