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Ray Orchard

Ray Orchard, 89, on June 19. Orchard’s radio career began at CJVI Victoria in the 1940s, while he was still a teenager. Orchard moved over to CKWX Vancouver in the 1950s, before heading for England where he was a DJ on Radio Luxembourg and made guest appearances as a panelist on BBC television show Juke Box Jury, where celebrities would judge the potential of new record releases. Orchard eventually returned to Victoria and the CFAX newsroom before moving on to a job with the B.C. Government.

Sid Kozak

Sid Kozak, 77, on June 13. Kozak, who grew up in rural Alberta, was introduced to theatre while studying at the University of Alberta. After a few years in England, he returned to Canada in the mid-1970s, working in Toronto and Vancouver in stage management and production. He founded talent agency Act 4 in the 1980s, but moved into casting for the CBC and by 1990 was the public broadcaster’s head of casting for Western Canada. Among the productions he worked on were The Beachcombers, Northwood, Sliders, Max Glick, The Odyssey, Police Academy: The Series, and TV movies like My American Cousin, American Boyfriends and The Diary of Evelyn Lau, among many others. He retired in the early 2000s.

Serafine Crawley

Serafine Crawley, 76, on June 5, after a short battle with cancer. Crawley started in CBC Vancouver’s Finance Department in 1975, assigned to financial reporting for television programming, including TV News, and later took on additional duties maintaining Capital Assets for the B.C. Region. Crawley transferred to Audience Relations in 1997 and remained there until her retirement in 2002. She also volunteered with the public broadcaster’s EAP (Employee Assistance Program) for 10 years.

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