Canadian humorist Arthur Black of CBC Radio’s ‘Basic Black’ dies at age 74
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.
He also had a syndicated newspaper column and won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour three times.