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Born in London, England, June 2, 1918. Died in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, West Indies, February 20, 2001, in his 83rd year. Predeceased by his beloved wife Panda (nee Joan Smith) in 1985. Moff was the only son of Patrick Moffat of Sligo and Evelyn Moffat of Newmarket. Evelyn instilled in him a love of music and the theatre, and in 1932 Moff joined the Grand Continental Circus, eventually becoming the great clown, Toto, who made the whole of Europe laugh. He also made thousands of friends whom he never forgot. Part of his youth was also spent with his father in Harlem, New York. Back in England, Moff was decorated for his service (1939-1946) in World War II in the Royal Artillery, Guard's Armoured Division, liberators of Brussels. During the war he met and fell in love with Sergeant-Major Smith of the Auxiliary Territorial Service, who, he delighted in recounting, outranked him. They married in 1946. After the war, Moff apprenticed as a draughtsperson and became proficient in the drawings related to patents. He and Panda immigrated to Canada in the 1950s and he entered the Ottawa firm of Gowling Henderson where he became a Patent / Trademark Agent, later founding his own firm, Moffat and Butler. For the past 13 years, Moff made his home on a hilltop on the Caribbean island of Bequia. Prolific writer and raconteur extraordinaire, Moff lived life to the full. His many friends in Ottawa, Toronto, and Bequia will miss his erudite and puckish wit and his conviviality. Funeral services were held in Bequia on February 23, 2001, Canon C. A. Adams officiating, with interment in St. Mary's Anglican Church Cemetery. Donations to the Sunshine School for Disabled Children in Port Elizabeth, Bequia, SVG. Ottawa Citizen, February 27, 2001