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Sex educator and broadcaster Sue Johanson has passed away at 93

Sue Johanson, the groundbreaking Canadian sex educator, broadcaster, and therapist, has passed away at age 93.

Johanson, a registered nurse, established and ran a first-of-its-kind birth control clinic at a Don Mills high school in the 1970s, before rising to popularity with her call-in show, the Sunday Night Sex Show, on Q107 (CILQ-FM) Toronto in the 1980s.

The show eventually made the transition to television, airing on Rogers TV, starting in 1985, before being picked up by the Women’s Television Network (WTN) in 1996 where it had a 10-year run. The U.S. version of the show, Talk Sex with Sue Johanson, debuted on Oxygen in 2002 where it aired until 2008.

As part of her introduction to U.S. audiences, Johanson infamously made the rounds on the late night talk shows, with appearances on Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and Late Night with Conan O’Brien.

Johanson was the subject of filmmaker Lisa Rideout’s 2022 documentary, Sex with Sue, chronicling the educator’s life story. Among other accolades, she was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2001.


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