Alan Thicke: A Canadian star to light up the night

From our September 1983 issue, our profile of Alan Thicke, who has died at the age of 69

Gillian MacKay
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We are remembering Alan Thicke—the actor, entertainer and proud Canadian who died on Tuesday at the age of 69. Here, in this 1983 story from Maclean’s Archives, Gillian MacKay reports on his time at work on Thicke of the Night—the doomed talk-show competitor to The Tonight Show.

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