Iranian Hostage Crisis: Iran Hostage Crisis

Ottawa Regional Hospital Dept: He was pronounced dead Sunday night at Ottawa Regional Hospital, according to CBC. During the 1979 Iranian Hostage Crisis, Sheardown helped six Americans hide and escape the country and john Sheardown, a Canadian immigration officer who helped smuggle six American diplomats out of Iran during the Iran hostage crisis, has died at the age of 88. Although the cause of death is unknown, Sheardown did suffer from Alzheimer's disease. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.