Longtime CBC journalist George McLean dead at 92
Posted Mar 22, 2016 12:57:39 AM.
Last Updated Mar 22, 2016 06:31:01 PM.
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TORONTO – George McLean, a longtime CBC News journalist and host of The National, has died in Toronto.
The Brandon, Man., native joined the network in the 1950s and would become a familiar face and voice during nearly three decades of appearances on The National.
McLean served with the Royal Canadian Air Force in the Second World War before entering journalism via a small radio station in Kenora, Ont.
Before he retired, McLean marvelled at how audiences had begun treating him like a friend or family member.
The late Knowlton Nash, another former CBC News host, once said McLean gave audiences a feeling of comfort and calm and was believed by the viewers.
The CBC News website says McLean, who was 92, died last week in hospital in Toronto.
