Overview
- Hunter died of natural causes on Thursday, his business manager Brian Edwards confirmed to media outlets.
- He anchored The Tommy Hunter Show on CBC from 1965 to 1992, making him a familiar presence in Canadian living rooms for nearly three decades.
- Hunter used his program to showcase and help launch careers of artists such as Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire, Alan Jackson, Anne Murray, and a young Shania Twain.
- His career earned three Juno Awards, a Gemini Award, induction into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame, and membership in the Order of Ontario and the Order of Canada.
- Hunter was a London, Ontario native and is survived by three children, four grandchildren and one great-grandchild, and no details about services have been released.