'Storytelling was her life': Veteran CBC journalist Elizabeth Gray dead at 86
Elizabeth Gray, a veteran journalist and former host of CBC Radio's Cross Country Checkup and As It Happens, has died at the age of 86.
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Elizabeth Gray, a veteran journalist and former host of CBC Radio's Cross Country Checkup and As It Happens, has died at the age of 86.