æt ðə tˈaɪm ʌv hɪz dˈɛθ, hiː hæd dʒˈʌst fˈɪnɪʃt ɹᵻplˈeɪsɪŋ ðə fˈaɪv ɛkstˈɪɹiɚɹ ˌæljʊmˈɪniəm ɪnˈæməld mjˈʊɹɹəlz hiː hæd kɹiːˈeɪɾᵻd fɚðə wˈɔːlz ʌvðə bˈiːvɚ lˈeɪk pɐvˈɪliən ˌɔn mˈaʊntɹˈɔɪəl ɪn mˌɑːntɹɪˈɔːl, wˌɪtʃ wɜːɹ ɪnˈɪʃəli mˌeɪd ɪn sᵻɹˈæmɪk ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti ˈeɪt ænd wɜːɹ ʌnfˈɔːɹtʃənətli vˈɪktɪmz ʌv dˌɛməlˈɪʃən.
At the time of his death, he had just finished replacing the five exterior aluminium enameled murals he had created for the walls of the Beaver Lake Pavilion on Mount-Royal in Montréal, which were initially made in ceramic in 1958 and were unfortunately victims of demolition.