Mark Molson
John Markland "Mark" Molson was a Canadian professional bridge player from Montreal and Fenton, Michigan.
He was a member of the Molson family and attended Selwyn House School.
Most frequently partnered with Boris Baran, he won the Canada national bridge team Championships seven times, seven North American Bridge Championships, and came in second as a member of the Canada open in the 1995 Bermuda Bowl.
On September 5, 1998, his daughter, Jennifer Rose Molson, was born. He married fellow bridge world champion Janice Seamon-Molson, Jennifer's mother, on March 16, 1999. Janice is still a highly ranked Bridge player and Jennifer attended Millikin University for a BFA in musical theatre for a time, but transferred to the New York Film Academy for musical theatre in 2019.
Molson died suddenly of complications during an operation for a dissected aortic aneurism. This medical issue first surfaced while Mark was playing golf.
He and Baran were inducted into the Canadian Bridge Federation Hall of Fame in 2013.Bridge accomplishments
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