 Hunter (left) took an active part in Greenpeace's work |
He helped to found Greenpeace in 1971 and went on to draw global attention with campaigns against nuclear testing and pollution of the world's oceans.
Mr Hunter, 63, was also well-known for his work as a journalist and author.
"Bob was an inspirational storyteller, an audacious fighter and an unpretentious mystic," Greenpeace Canada Chairman John Doherty said.
"He was serious about saving the world while always maintaining a sense of humour."
'Massive spirit'
Mr Hunter's passion for ecology and approach to communications helped to define Greenpeace, the group said.
He was responsible for adopting the term "Rainbow Warriors" to describe Greenpeace activists, which which also became the name of the Greenpeace ship.
He brought public attention to the hunting of whales and seals.
Today, the organisation has 2.5 million members in 40 countries.
Time magazine named him one of the 20th century's top eco-heroes.
In other roles, he worked as an environmental reporter on TV as well as hosting Paper Cuts - in which he commented on the day's newspaper headlines clad in a bathrobe.
"This was a man with a great loving heart, a brilliant mind and a massive spirit," said Stephen Hurlbut, CityTV vice-president of news programming.
"Bob Hunter changed our world. It is a sadder world today, but a better world because of him."
He died attended by his wife and three children, Canadian media reports.
2 comments:
it is so tragic when someone actually makes great use of their entire life, and then dies so young.
but not in vain; he is an inspiration to so many people in so many ways.
I'll really miss Bob Hunter too. It's so sad. I used to love listening to his daily review of the morning newspaper headlines. What a loss.
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