Canadian broadcaster Sheila Shotten

[Robert Catt]

From the Toronto Globe & Mail, Thursday Dec. 17, 2009:
Broadcaster Sheila Shotton was a breath of fresh air. For many years
she worked as a producer and interviewer on CBC Radio. Fans of the
long running Saturday morning show Fresh Air will remember her
interviews with playwrights, authors, artists and actors. Sheila's
passion for the arts was evident in her professional work and
recreation. In addition to collecting contemporary Canadian art, she
was a proud member of the Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts and the
Heliconian Club. She was also a member of the Current Events Club,
the Granite Club and the Toronto Hunt.

Daughter of Dr. John Alison and Evelyn Shotton, Sheila was born in
Vancouver but at an early age moved with her family to Leamington,
Ontario. Sheila passed away peacefully at home in Toronto on Monday,
December 14th. At her side were her husband, Larry Stout, her sister
Margaret Meynell, her nephew Robert and her nieces Andrea and
Christina.

[La N]

Robert Catt wrote:
> From the Toronto Globe & Mail, Thursday Dec. 17, 2009:
> Broadcaster Sheila Shotton was a breath of fresh air. For many years
> she worked as a producer and interviewer on CBC Radio. Fans of the
> long running Saturday morning show Fresh Air will remember her
> interviews with playwrights, authors, artists and actors. Sheila's
> passion for the arts was evident in her professional work and
> recreation.

She was one of those, along with the likes of the late Peter Gzowski, who
made listening to CBC Radio a real morning pleasure.

- nilita