Stuart McLean, CBC Radio host and award-winning humorist, dead at 68

Showbiz | 207935 hits | Feb 16 6:11 am | Posted by: DrCaleb

Stuart McLean, the host of CBC Radio's The Vinyl Cafï¿½ and an award-winning humorist, has died at age 68 after a battle with melanoma.

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by DrCaleb
Thu Feb 16, 2017 2:13 pm

I don't know how many hundreds of hours I spent listening to him. This was the first year in a decade I didn't go to his Christmas performance at the Jubilee.

RIP sir.
by fifeboy
Thu Feb 16, 2017 2:26 pm
Agree! His stories will, however, live on for the enjoyment of all. RIP.
by DrCaleb
Thu Feb 16, 2017 3:41 pm
This one-hour CBC Radio special broadcast, hosted by Michael Enright, celebrates both Stuart and his wonderful legacy, with selections from the many great radio programmes he made over the years..

Canada's Storyteller: A Tribute to Stuart McLean

I wish I could find a link to the story where Arthur (the dog) was very sick, but the whole town thought Dave had cancer. Funniest episode ever!
by herbie
Thu Feb 16, 2017 7:31 pm
There was a year when my daughter was being horrible but was still legally responsible and I had to drive 100 miles in to see her every Sunday. The Vinyl Cafe was the good part of every trip.
I once proposed at a town meeting we invite the Vinyl Cafe here and was disgusted that most people had no idea what that was and the 'who listens to CBC anyways' mindset. Sad now we'll not get the chance to try again.

Dave on impulse deciding to try the electric scooter in the supermarket - that was a good one too!

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