Red Robinson

{{Short description|Canadian radio host (1937–2023)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2023}}{{sources|date=August 2010}}

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| name = Red Robinson

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| birth_name = Robert Robinson

| birth_date = {{birth date|1937|3|30|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Comox, British Columbia, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|4|1|1937|3|20|mf=y}}

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| occupation = Radio/television personality

| years_active = 1953–2023

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| website = {{URL|www.redrobinson.com}}

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Robert "Red" Robinson {{post-nominals|country=CAN|OBC}} (March 30, 1937 – April 1, 2023) was a Canadian disc jockey. He was the first disc jockey to play rock and roll music in Vancouver, British Columbia.{{cn|date=April 2023}}

Robinson died on April 1, 2023, at the age of 86.{{Cite web |title=Red Robinson, legendary Vancouver radio personality, passes away at 86 |url=https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/04/01/red-robinson-radio-personality-passes-away-at-86/?fbclid=IwAR1tLhH-oWHOAAMVicmQKcju76GmDZTNkqdwr24Nm9dHF14kHTXH5Q9SDGk |access-date=April 2, 2023 |website=Citynews Online}}

Honours

  • In July 2016, Robinson was appointed to the Order Of British Columbia, the highest form of recognition by the BC government.{{Cite web|url=https://orderofbc.gov.bc.ca/2016-recipient-robert-robinson-vancouver/|title=2016 Recipient: Robert Robinson – Vancouver : Order of BC}}

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