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Joyce Davidson —a television personality in Canada and the United States – died on 7 May 2020 from Covid-19.
Davidson was a young housewife in Hamilton, Ontario when she entered a beauty contest and won $400 and a trip to New York City. Her contest victory led to her picture appearing in a few magazines. In 1954, the CBC Television's Hamilton affiliate, CHCH-TV opened and Davidson, who had been working in a factory, applied for a job and was hired as a kitchen helper on a cooking show. She then began appearing in television commercials on CHCH and then at CBLT in nearby Toronto.
In 1956, she was hired to fill a vacancy as a presenter and interviewer on CBC Television's Tabloid, a national current affairs program with a light entertainment...
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Rolf Adam Engelbrekt Alsing ‑ a Swedish television and radio presenter, best known for presenting Big Brother Sweden on Kanal 5 ‑ died on 15 April 2020, at the age of 51, after suffering from COVID-19.
Alsing moved to TV4 in 2005, presenting the Swedish version of Jeopardy!. He also presented his own show Adam Live. He later ventured into radio presenting shows on Rix FM and Mix Megapol.
Alsing grew up in Karlstad in Värmland, and Sollefteå in Ångermanland. He worked as a disc jockey during his high school years in Karlstad. He started his career as a presenter for several shows on the Sveriges Radio local broadcasts from Värmland at the time called Radio Värmland.
When TV4 started its broadcasts in 1990 he applied for televisio...