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}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.redrobinson.com/ Official website]
- [http://www.facebook.com/redrockdiner/ Facebook]
- [https://twitter.com/deejayred/ Twitter]
- [https://www.instagram.com/redrobinson_1/ Instagram]
- [https://open.spotify.com/show/4aihxwTiNT52SgDNCAIkXq/ Spotify]
- [https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/red-robinsons-legends/id1511351623/ Apple Podcasts]
- [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-red-robinsons-legends-62777001/ iHeartRadio]
- {{discogs artist|Red Robinson}}
- {{imdb name|2415263}}
- [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/red-robinson Red Robinson] at The Canadian Encyclopedia
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Category:Canadian radio personalities