Allan Slaight

John Allan Slaight,CM (July 19, 1931 – September 19, 2021) was a Canadianrock and rollradio pioneer, media mogul, and philanthropist. He began his career as an amateurmagician before moving to radio. He was the founder of Slaight Communications and the president and CEO of Standard Broadcasting Corporation Limited, which was Canada's largest privately owned multimedia company at the time. He was also an active philanthropist and founder of the Slaight Family Foundation. On September 19, 2021, he died in his home in Toronto, Ontario, at the age of 90.