Alexis Mazurin

Alexis Mazurin (April 18, 1978 – October 20, 2005) was a Canadian comedian and radio personality, best known as one of the original hosts of CBC Radio 3.[1]

Born in Fort St. John, British Columbia, Mazurin grew up in Penticton, and later studied journalism at the British Columbia Institute of Technology.[1] He subsequently joined CBC Radio, hosting the series Pass the Mic and Out There before joining CBC Radio 3 in 2003. (At the time, CBC Radio 3 did not exist in its current form as a satellite radio network, but was a program on CBC Radio 2.)

While attending Burning Man in September 2005, Mazurin suffered a massive heart attack.[2] He was rushed to hospital in Reno, where he fell into a coma. He was transferred to Vancouver's St. Paul's Hospital,[3] where he remained in the coma until his death a month later.[2]

Mazurin was also a writer and performer with the Vancouver comedy troupe the Hot Sauce Posse,[4] and was a practitioner of the martial art capoeira.[2]

With CBC Radio 3's launch on satellite radio in December 2005, the network's main studio in Vancouver was named the Alexis Mazurin Studio in his memory.