Alexis Mazurin (April 18, 1978 – October 20, 2005) was a

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comedian and radio personality, best known as one of the original hosts of '' CBC Radio 3''. Born in

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, Mazurin grew up in Penticton, and later studied journalism at the British Columbia Institute of Technology. He subsequently joined CBC Radio, hosting the series ''

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'' and ''

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'' before joining CBC Radio 3 in 2003. (At the time, CBC Radio 3 did not exist in its current form as a

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network, but was a program on

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.) While attending

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in September 2005, Mazurin suffered a massive

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. He was rushed to hospital in

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, where he fell into a

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. He was transferred to

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's St. Paul's Hospital, where he remained in the coma until his death a month later. Mazurin was also a writer and performer with the Vancouver comedy troupe the Hot Sauce Posse,Malcolm Parry, "Marco spins discs with best of them". ''

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'', December 14, 2002. and was a practitioner of the martial art capoeira. With CBC Radio 3's launch on satellite radio in December 2005, the network's main studio in Vancouver was named the Alexis Mazurin Studio in his memory.

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