A lifelong Edmontonian has passed away.

Bruce Saville was a businessman who created Saville Systems — a software company in the 1980s — employing over a thousand people. It was later sold, and Saville became a philanthropist, sitting on numerous non-profit boards and spending his time largely in the local sports community.

His longtime partner of 27 years, Cathy King, made the difficult announcement on social media.

“My dear friends, it is with much pain and sadness to tell you that the love of my life passed away yesterday morning while in the hospital recovering from back surgery six weeks ago,” the post read.

“After 27 years of Bruce by my side, I will miss him dearly. My heart is completely broken, missing my best friend.”

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