Surrey resident was a groundbreaking figure in Canadian entertainment history
Singer and 1950s-era television show host Eleanor Collins, considered “Canada’s first lady of jazz,” has died at the age of 104 at Surrey Memorial Hospital, her family says.
Collins was among the first Black artists in North America to star in their own national television series , and was also the first Canadian female artist to have her own series. “By showing their new neighbours that they were ‘ordinary people with the same values and concerns as they had,’ Eleanor and her family broke down barriers by inviting others to see beyond skin colour.”
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