Sheldon Turcott

Sheldon Turcott
Born	1936
Died	February 18, 2000(2000-02-18)
Occupation	broadcaster

Sheldon Turcott (b. 1936 d. February 18, 2000^[1]) was a reporter and host on the Canadian television channel CBC for four decades. He was a frequent contributor to The National working at times as a newsreader, foreign correspondent, and executive producer of the program

He was also host of the quiz series TimeChase and was also seen in the feature film, Murder at 1600.

From 1984 until his retirement in 1995 he was the regular newsreader on CBC's Midday program. For a brief period prior to that, Turcott commuted to Regina each week to anchor CBKT's 6pm newscast, an effort to boost the station's nearly non-existent ratings.

References

^ Saunders, John (February 21, 2000). "OBIT: Veteran journalist was a CBC union leader". Globe and Mail. p. R8.

External links

Sheldon Turcott at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Turcott, Sheldon
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Date of birth	1936
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Date of death	February 18, 2000
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