Stan Carew

{{Short description|Canadian actor, musician, broadcaster and television presenter}} '''Stan Carew''' (August 7, 1950 – July 6, 2015) was a Canadian radio broadcaster, musician and actor,<ref name=globe>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/cbc-broadcaster-stan-carew-dies-at-the-age-of-64/article25323284 "CBC broadcaster Stan Carew dies at the age of 64"], ''The Globe and Mail'', July 6, 2015.</ref> best known as a host of the national CBC Radio programs ''Prime Time'' and ''The Entertainers'' in the 1980s.<ref name=globe/>

Carew began his radio career in 1968 with CHNS-FM in Halifax before joining the CBC.<ref name=globe/> He joined CBD-FM in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1979, then spent seven years with CBL in Toronto, Ontario, where he worked on local shows ''Metro Morning'', ''Radio Noon'' and the ''Afternoon Show''. He was frequently heard on national newscasts such as ''The World at Six'' and ''World Report''.<ref name=globe/>

After leaving the CBC's national radio service, he remained associated with network station CBHA-FM as host of ''Weekend Mornings'', the CBC's regional morning program for the Maritime Provinces, from 1997 until his death in 2015.<ref name=globe/>

As a musician, Carew released several solo albums and fronted The Magpies, a regional touring band.<ref name="cbc">[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/stan-carew-host-of-cbc-radio-s-weekend-mornings-dead-at-64-1.3140016 "Stan Carew, host of CBC Radio's Weekend Mornings, dead at 64"], cbc.ca, July 6, 2015.</ref>

As an actor, he had supporting and guest roles primarily in television films, including ''Trudeau'', ''Martha, Inc.: The Story of Martha Stewart'', ''A Glimpse of Hell'', ''Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story'', ''She's Too Young'' and ''Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion'', as well as the television series ''Emily of New Moon'', ''This Hour Has 22 Minutes'', ''Made in Canada'' and ''Trailer Park Boys''.<ref name="cbc"/>

Carew died in July 2015 at his home in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He had been experiencing "serious health problems" over the last years of his life.<ref name="cbc"/>

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