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    January 16, 2022 5:34 pm  #1

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    Peter Dickens RIP

    From Dave Agar's twitter Sunday afternoon,     https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1403687245987692545/LVdXPnT9_normal.jpg
     [color=inherit]Dave Agar[/color] @dave1agar For any longtime radio listeners I have been told by a reliable source who spoke to the family that noted Toronto news anchor and colleague Peter Dickens has passed away at age 93. 1958-1972 at 1050 CHUM. 1977-1994 at CFRB 1010. #radio
     

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    January 16, 2022 5:49 pm  #2

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    That's a shame. He was a great newsman and he served for a very long time on the Toronto airwaves. The great ones can never be replaced. 

     

    January 16, 2022 6:15 pm  #3

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    Peter's passing really got to me.  I last saw and spoke with Peter at Dick Smyth's memorial service a few months ago.  He was my favourite CHUM newsman when I was a teenager listening to the station and when I got to work there in 1965.  

    This is too sad.  Here's one of Peter's CHUM announcements when a Toronto pedestrian was killed.  These promos were known as "The Black Flag Is Flying".

    You can hear it here. 

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    January 17, 2022 12:09 am  #4

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    I am so very sad hearing this news tonight.  I had the pleasure of working with Peter at CHUM & CFRB.  I was blessed twice.  He was an amazing talent and such a sweet man.

    R.I.P. Peter

     

    January 19, 2022 5:14 pm  #5

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    RIP Peter.  One of the great radio voices!

     

    January 20, 2022 12:12 am  #6

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    Wasn't he also at CFGM, between CHUM and CFRB?

    "Life without echo is really no life at all." - Dan Ingram
     

    January 22, 2022 5:15 pm  #7

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    Obit for Peter Dickens...

    https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/thestar/name/peter-dickens-obituary?pid=201204026

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    January 22, 2022 8:19 pm  #8

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    Dale Patterson wrote:

    Obit for Peter Dickens...

    https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/thestar/name/peter-dickens-obituary?pid=201204026

     

    Last edited by Dale Patterson (January 22, 2022 8:20 pm)

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