CBC broadcaster Rick Cluff, ex-host of Vancouver’s The Early Edition, dead at 74

Former CBC radio journalist and personality Rick Cluff, who has died at the age of 74, is being remembered for allowing guests to be themselves on air and always supporting his colleagues and community.Cluff, a longtime sports reporter who went on to host The Early Edition morning show in Vancouver from 1997 until he retired in 2017, died Tuesday, shortly after being diagnosed with cancer, CBC reported.Laura Palmer, who worked on The Early Edition in various roles and went on to be its executive producer, said Cluff was genuine, both on the air and in his everyday life.