SALT SPRING ISLAND, B.C.—Beloved Canadian broadcaster and humorist Arthur Black has died at age 74. A statement on his website says the former CBC Radio host died Wednesday at Lady Minto Hospital on Salt Spring Island, B.C., after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Black spent 30 years at the CBC, where he hosted the Saturday morning radio program Basic Black for nearly two decades until his retirement in 2002. Black won the 2006 medal for his book Pitch Black, took the prize in 2000 for Black Tie and Tales, and won in 1997 for Black in the Saddle Again. Article Continued BelowHis other books include Looking Blackward, Back to Black and Black by Popular Demand.

Source: thestar February 22, 2018 18:22 UTC