He was survived by Josephine and the children of his first marriage .
The couple eventually settled in Vancouver , where John Lerew died of cancer on 24 February 1996 , aged eighty - three .
John Lerew was survived by Josephine and the children of John Lerew 's first marriage .
The couple eventually settled in Vancouver , where John Lerew died of cancer on 24 February 1996 , aged eighty - three .