Brian Richard Linehan was a Canadian television host from Hamilton, Ontario, best known for his celebrity interviews on the longrunning talk show City Lights.
15 Facts About Brian Linehan
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Brian Linehan's estranged Irish father, Les, worked at one of the local steel mills, Dofasco; and his Serbian mother, Sava, was later remarried to a post World War II Serbian immigrant, Jovan Rodic Sr.
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At age 19, Brian Linehan moved to Toronto, taking an entry-level job with Odeon Cinemas.
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Brian Linehan joined Citytv in 1973 as the host of City Lights, a program which would eventually become syndicated throughout Canada and the United States.
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Brian Linehan was renowned for his composure, interview skills and meticulous research, often leading to in-depth questions that could last for minutes.
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In 1988, City Lights was rebooted as MovieTelevision, an expanded magazine series on film which Brian Linehan cohosted with Jeanne Beker.
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Brian Linehan was not happy with the new format as it left him with far less time to conduct in-depth interviews, and left the show in 1989 after its first season.
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Brian Linehan took some time off, and then spent the early 1990s as a freelance publicity interviewer.
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From 1996 to 1998, he hosted a second show entitled Brian Linehan, which was produced for CHCH-TV in Hamilton.
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In 1999, Brian Linehan won a Gemini Award as Best Host in a Lifestyle or Performing Arts Program for his work on the show.
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Brian Linehan was a longtime entertainment reporter on CFRB radio, and a frequent host of awards ceremonies such as the Genie Awards and the Geminis.
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Brian Linehan, who was gay, met Zane Wagman, a dentist, in the late 1960s.
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Brian Linehan was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2001 and died in 2004.
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Brian Linehan's ashes were scattered outside the Toronto home he had shared with Wagman, although Joan Rivers kept a small portion of them as a memento of him.
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Brian Linehan left his estate to The Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation, which attempts to raise the profile of Canadian talent and supports the creation of a Canadian star system.