‘Fearsome and fearless journalist’ Jim Nunn died at 72. Let’s see more details about Jim Nunn and his cause of death.
What happened to Jim Nunn?
Nunn died in a hospital in Antigonish, N.S., on Sunday night. He was 72. No date has been set for a funeral, but his family said there will be a celebration of his life planned for sometime in the spring.
“Jim was quite the character. “He was known to many in Nova Scotia as this great journalist, but ultimately, people who knew him really well, he was a great man,” Nunn’s brother, Bruce, told CBC News.
Bruce stated that his brother’s broadcast career began “at the microphone of CJFX radio in Antigonish… so Jim got into the business very early.”
Cause of Death
Jim Nunn, the former host of CBC News Nova Scotia at Six, Land, and Sea, and Marketplace has died after a battle with cancer.
Jim Nunn must have interviewed thousands of people over the years. He once brought me to tears talking to Carmen Young as she awaited a lung transplant at Sick Kids in Toronto. He earned a sharp rebuke from a local female IronMan competitor by calling her an “Iron Woman.”: “Mr. Nunn, I am an iron man.” There was the time he interviewed a horse handler— maybe Some beach somewhere?—but kept the camera trained on the horse so it looked like the horse was speaking. And there was this classic TV moment.
'Fearsome and fearless journalist' Jim Nunn dead at 72 https://t.co/jBJ2aBfVBf pic.twitter.com/PEBUhNjk2k
— CBC Nova Scotia (@CBCNS) February 20, 2023
Obituary
“Jim Nunn, you will be perpetually missed, yet always remembered,” the sheriff’s specialization said in a proclamation. “All we expand our affection, petitions, considerations, and sympathies to Jim Nunn, companions, and associates.”
By now, many of you have heard that Jim Nunn passed away over the weekend. Jim was the former host of the CBC Nova Scotia News. I was fortunate to work with him, as his senior producer and then executive producer. He was a tough, sometimes abrasive journalist. He was in his element when talking politics, especially on the political panel with Parker and Harry. But there was another side to Jim.
Chris and I remember in 1995 when Krystal Crocker-Hubley told us she would like to see what a TV station was like. She came to Halifax during her March break and spent some time with us. She spent a day at the CBC, learning how the news show was produced. But the highlight for her was getting to meet hosts Jim Nunn and Linda Kelly. Both were generous with their time. Gruff old Jim was as interested in this young woman’s stories about what life was like on these islands as he was in taking on a prime minister or a cabinet minister with something to hide. So thanks for a life well lived, Jim. for contributing so much to your province, and for being a genuinely good human being.
Who is Jim Nunn?
Nunn left the CBC in 2009. Bruce Nunn claimed that his brother was a skilled gardener and “loved to live in the present” at his Antigonish home. He claimed he would make a daily trip to the Canso Causeway to pick up a copy of the Globe and Mail.
Bruce remarked, “He was the kind of guy who just wanted to be, and he was extremely good at just being himself.” 1985 saw Nunn appear on CBC’s Midday. One of his best recollections of his brother was when the supper hour news broadcast had planned to do a phone-in with viewers from all over Nova Scotia during a winter storm.
The equipment, however, broke down during the show.
“Jim was on live TV with no one to talk to, trying to fill dead air, and he turned to the camera confidently and said, ‘My mother told me there were going to be days like this.’ “So he had a sense of humor, and he knew how to work television well, he knew how to use the moment, and he was good at what he did,” he said.
Nunn represented the working man- CBC
His career at CBC spanned three decades. Nunn was known for his local election coverage and reporting on major Nova Scotia events like the Westray mining disaster.
“He was there, like live on TV for days on end. It was trying and it was difficult but he got so many compliments for the work that he did there. He really represented the working man, this very dangerous occupation that’s rooted in Nova Scotia culture and history,” Bruce said.
Geoff D’Eon, Nunn’s executive producer from 1988-93 when he was the anchor of First Edition, said Nunn was a “fearsome and fearless journalist.”
“He had a really terrific journalist brain … he’d always ask really probing and sometimes impertinent questions and I personally felt he was a terrific broadcaster and CBC and Nova Scotians were lucky to have him as host of the show,” D’Eon said.
D’Eon said some viewers found Nunn’s interviewing style to be rude and occasionally offensive. D’Eon recalled getting letters about it.
A Prayer for Jim Nunn and for Those Who Love Him
O Divine force of the Living and the Dead, approve of Jim Nunn, whom we trust has entered this day into your realm. Award harmony and light and everlasting youth to him who has been taken from us while still a kid. May he know the dash of your affection and the gleam of your light perpetually in your grand realm? Look delicately upon his family whose hearts are overburdened with distress. Persuade our hearts that everything works for good for the people who trust in God. So be it.
Social Media Condolence
Arash Madani Posted
One of the great Canadian journalists has died. Exquisite interviewer and just understood the temperature of a story so well. Jim Nunn’s handling of the Westray Mine disaster was a masterclass of broadcast journalism. Rest easy, sir.
One of the great Canadian journalists has died. Exquisite interviewer and just understood the temperature of a story so well.
Jim Nunn's handling of the Westray Mine disaster was a masterclass of broadcast journalism.
Rest easy, sir, et merci beaucoup. https://t.co/Zb3OicrQru
— Arash Madani (@ArashMadani) February 20, 2023
Steve Murphy Posted
I am mourning the death of my daughter’s uncle, Jim Nunn. He was a force of nature, a journalist of the first rank. Condolences to Cathy, Noreen, Nora, the entire Nunn family, and Jim’s former colleagues at the CBC.
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I am really upset. I worked with Jim Nunn, in of all places, Prince George BC, in 1970. We reconnected when I was at 92CJCH in 1986. He was a force of nature and a wonderfully warm and caring man. My deepest condolences to his Family and his many friends. I had not seen Jim in years, but I never forgot his grace and skill and our time together. RIP, my friend.