Longtime Coffee Break host Shirley Newhook has died
Shirley Newhook, the longtime CBC broadcaster who chaired the current affairs program Coffee Break in the 1970s and 80s, died Saturday in St. John's.
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Posted: Apr 05, 2021 4:57 PM NT | Last Updated: April 5
Shirley Newhook, left, died Saturday. Newhook is pictured here in 1993 with late broadcaster Doug Laite.(CBC archives )
Shirley Newhook, the longtime CBC broadcaster who hosted the current affairs program
Coffee Break in the 1970s and 80s, has died.
Newhook died Saturday at St. Luke's Home in St. John's, according to her obituary, which chronicled a community-minded life in Newfoundland.