{"id":42962,"date":"2017-02-15T18:17:47","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T23:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=42962"},"modified":"2017-09-01T16:17:42","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T20:17:42","slug":"in-memoriam-cbcs-stuart-mclean-has-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2017\/02\/15\/in-memoriam-cbcs-stuart-mclean-has-died\/","title":{"rendered":"IN MEMORIAM | CBC&#8217;s Vinyl Cafe Host Stuart McLean Has Died"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_47006\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47006\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47006\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/StuartMcLean.ScottBlackburn-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"Stuart McLean (1948-2017) (Photo: Scott Blackburn)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/StuartMcLean.ScottBlackburn-cropped.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/StuartMcLean.ScottBlackburn-cropped-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/StuartMcLean.ScottBlackburn-cropped-768x619.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47006\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stuart McLean (1948-2017) (Photo: Scott Blackburn)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Canadian cultural airwaves have lost one of its dearest today.\u00a0Long-time CBC Host of The Vinyl Cafe and author Stuart McLean\u00a0has died at age 68 after a battle with melanoma.<\/p>\n<p>For 22-years the legendary broadcaster and storyteller addressed the nation as a small used record store owner, &#8220;Dave&#8221; in his weekly Vinyl Cafe radio program. The program included an eclectic and highly personalized mix of stories, essays, and musical performances.\u00a0Stuart McLean&#8217;s advice for finding a story: Go somewhere.<\/p>\n<p>McLean made a surprise announcement in December that he would be going on hiatus to focus on his treatment for melanoma, which was first was diagnosed\u00a0the year prior.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were deeply saddened to learn that Stuart McLean passed away earlier today, said Susan Marjetti, executive director of radio and audio for CBC English Services in a statement. &#8220;Stuart was an exceptional storyteller who has left an indelible mark on CBC Radio and countless communities across Canada.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want you to worry about me,&#8221; McLean said in a message to his fans in December. &#8220;A year ago I told you that I expected this to be just a bump in the road, not the end of the road. I still believe that to be true. I hope we will meet up again \u2014 on the radio or in theatres. We\u2019ll make sure to tell you before that happens. In the meantime, look after yourselves and each other. And know that this isn\u2019t goodbye. It\u2019s just\u2026so long for now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Correction: August 31, 2017. A previous version included a photo of Stuart McLean by Natelie\u00a0Herault, but was incorrectly attributed to the Canadian Press.<\/p>\n<h3>For more CLASSICAL MUSIC NEWS, visit\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.musicaltoronto.org\/category\/scoop\/\"><u>HERE<\/u><\/a><\/span>.<\/h3>\n<h3><b><i>#LUDWIGVAN<\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CBC Host of The Vinyl Cafe, Stuart McLean, has died at age 68 after a battle with melanoma. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":47006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6439,39,41],"tags":[9461],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/StuartMcLean.ScottBlackburn-cropped.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-baW","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42962"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42962"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47007,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42962\/revisions\/47007"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42962"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=42962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}