Alexis Mazurin (April 18, 1978 – October 20, 2005) was a Canadian comedian and radio personality, best known as one of the original hosts of CBC Radio 3.[1]
Alexis Mazurin | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 18, 1978 Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada |
| Died | October 20, 2005 (aged 27) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Comedian, radio personality |
Born in Fort St. John, British Columbia, Mazurin grew up in Penticton, and later studied journalism at the British Columbia Institute of Technology.[1] He subsequently joined CBC Radio, hosting the series Pass the Mic and Out There before joining CBC Radio 3 in 2003. (At the time, CBC Radio 3 did not exist in its current form as a satellite radio network, but was a program on CBC Radio 2.)
While attending Burning Man in September 2005, Mazurin suffered a massive heart attack.[2] He was rushed to hospital in Reno, where he fell into a coma. He was transferred to Vancouver's St. Paul's Hospital,[3] where he remained in the coma until his death a month later.[2]
Mazurin was also a writer and performer with the Vancouver comedy troupe the Hot Sauce Posse,[4] and was a practitioner of the martial art capoeira.[2]
With CBC Radio 3's launch on satellite radio in December 2005, the network's main studio in Vancouver was named the Alexis Mazurin Studio in his memory.
References
edit- ^ a b Dykk, Lloyd (October 22, 2005). "CBC Radio 3 loses rising star: Broadcaster, comic Alexis Mazurin dies at 27". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
- ^ a b c "CBC Radio host Alexis Mazurin dies". CBC Arts. October 21, 2005. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
- ^ Luba, Frank (September 16, 2005). "Young radio host felled: Mazurin, 26, 'most fit'". The Province. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
- ^ Malcolm Parry, "Marco spins discs with best of them". Vancouver Sun, December 14, 2002.