13 Facts About Rick Cluff

John Richard Cluff was a Canadian journalist who hosted the CBC Radio Vancouver morning program The Early Edition from 1997 until 2018.

Rick Cluff was a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Radio Television Digital News Association.

Rick Cluff was born in Toronto, Ontario on June 27,1950.

Rick Cluff's father was a former Air Force radio host, performer, and record producer in Toronto.

Rick Cluff attended Seneca College and the University of Western Ontario where he worked at the student radio stations.

When Rick Cluff began working at Seneca's student radio show, his father discouraged him from thinking of radio as a career.

Rick Cluff began his career at CBC in 1976 as a radio journalist focusing on sports.

Rick Cluff was one of the few journalists allowed to enter Moscow and Prague during the World Hockey Championships at the time of the Cold War.

Rick Cluff was sent as a reporter to the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he reported for two hours on the Centennial Olympic Park bombing with limited preparation.

Rick Cluff was later asked by Susan Englebert to take up a three-year position in Vancouver as host of The Early Edition, which was later extended.

Rick Cluff began his 20-year career as host of The Early Edition in September 1997.

In June 2017, before announcing his retirement, Rick Cluff underwent open-heart surgery after living with hereditary heart disease.

Rick Cluff died from cancer on July 2,2024, at the age of 74.