Bob Robertson

Bob Robertson

Date of Passing: March 19, 2017
Birthplace: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
Obituary: CBC News

Bob Robertson was a Canadian comedian best known for his work as a comedy team with his wife, Linda Cullen.

The duo hosted the political satire program Double Exposure, first as a radio show, which lasted for 10 years, beginning in 1987. Then as a weekly television series on CTV and Comedy Network, which ran for three years.

Robertson's television writing credits also include Point Blank, a sitcom for the Comedy Network, New Year's Eve With Michael J. Fox for CBC and the Red Hot Books pilot for CTV.

His daughter is actress-writer Jennifer Robertson, who currently stars on Canadian sitcom Schitt's Creek, with Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara.

Robertson died Sunday, March 19, 2017, in Nanaimo, British Columbia. He was 71.

Bob Robertson was a Canadian comedian best known for his work as a comedy team with his wife, Linda Cullen.

The duo hosted the political satire program Double Exposure, first as a radio show, which lasted for 10 years, beginning in 1987. Then as a weekly television series on CTV and Comedy Network, which ran for three years.

Robertson's television writing credits also include Point Blank, a sitcom for the Comedy Network, New Year's Eve With Michael J. Fox for CBC and the Red Hot Books pilot for CTV.

His daughter is actress-writer Jennifer Robertson, who currently stars on Canadian sitcom Schitt's Creek, with Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara.

Robertson died Sunday, March 19, 2017, in Nanaimo, British Columbia. He was 71.

 

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