Name Leon Mangoff | Died 2000 | |
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Leon Mangoff (1931 – June 2000) was a Canadian radio and television announcer and broadcaster best known as the host of Elwood Glover's Luncheon Date.
Leon Mangoff was known across Canada during his time as a CBC TV and radio announcer during the 1960s and 1970s. Probably best known as TV announcer, he was also involved as a puppeteer in the CHCH TV program Albert J. Steed hosted by Bill Lawrence between 1962 and 1967.
As a sidekick on the noon-time talk-show Elwood Glover's Luncheon Date, Mangoff gained his widest exposure across Canada. Mangoff reportedly once spent an entire show swimming laps in a hotel pool.
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