Broadcaster Beverly Thomson co-hosted the national morning show Canada AM

Beverly Thomson, who died of cancer on Sept. 14 at the age of 61, was a TV reporter, news anchor and then long-time co-host of the CTV morning show Canada AM. Throughout much of her career she fought cancer.

“She was undergoing chemotherapy right from the start at Canada AM,” said her co-host Seamus O’Regan. “She had been diagnosed just the previous year.”