In 2006 , Larkin signed a contract with MTV Canada to create three five-second bumpers that aired on 25 and 26 December 2006 . They were the only channel IDs to be broadcast by MTV Canada on those days . He died on Valentine 's Day 2007 as a result of lung cancer that had metastasized to his brain . The ten-minute animation '' Spare Change '' was completed alone by Gordon , and premiered in a double bill with '' All Together Now '' at the Festival du nouveau cinéma in Montreal on 8 October 2008 . The two films were shown together in theatres throughout Canada that month . Gordon and Nicola Zavaglia later released '' Ryan 's Renaissance '' , a documentary film about Larkin and '' Spare Change ''
Festival du nouveau cinéma
Festival du nouveau cinéma
Ryan (film)