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Former CBC radio host Russ Germain dies at 62
Veteran CBC broadcaster Russ Germain has died.
CBC reports on its website that the radio newsman, who used to anchor The World at Six, succumbed to a battle with cancer in Toronto.
He was 62.
Germain spent 29 years at the public broadcaster, joining The World at Six in 1983 after hosting CBC Radio’s Ideas through the late ’70s and early ’80s.
Germain, who retired in 2002, also hosted the morning radio show World Report and served as CBC Radio’s broadcast language adviser.
Before joining the CBC in 1973, he was a TV announcer in Saskatoon and worked at various private stations.