Beloved TV star dies of cancer aged just 61

Order of Canada recipient

In a joint statement shared to social media, former Canada AM personalities Jeff Hutcheson, Marci Ien and Seamus O’Regan called Thomson a “good and kind and thoughtful friend” who persevered through years of cancer treatment while on air.

“The four of us spent three hours together every morning, live on air, five days a week, for years and years,” the statement said, adding that Thomson “could scrap with politicians and give as good as she got.”

“She fought [cancer] so hard, chin up. On tough mornings back then we’d always ask her what we could do, but we always knew the answer: get on with the job. So we did. We always carried each other.”

Former Global News anchor Leslie Roberts paid tribute to Thomson on social media, calling her a “solid news anchor, mother and friend.”

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