James Anthony "Jimmy" Tapp (April 18, 1918 – November 20, 2004) was a Canadian

Canada

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 broadcaster.

Born in Ottawa

Ottawa

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, Ontario

Ontario

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, he began his career with closed-circuit radio broadcasts aboard the HMS Wasaga in World War II

World War II

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. He later became a radio announcer in Montreal

Montreal

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. He went on to host a number of early CBC television

CBC Television

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 shows, including Flashback and The Tapp Room. During the 1960s, he was host of CTV's game show A Kin to Win

A Kin to Win

A Kin to Win was a Canadian television game show initially produced in Montreal in 1961 then aired on the CTV network in 1962. Jimmy Tapp was the programme's host.-Production:...

and the voice for Hercules

Hercules

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 in the animated series The Mighty Hercules

The Mighty Hercules

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.

He was inducted into the Canadian Association of Broadcasters

Canadian Association of Broadcasters

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 Hall of Fame on November 29, 2004.

He died on November 20, 2004 of pneumonia

Pneumonia

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 in Oakville, Ontario

Oakville, Ontario

Oakville is a town in Halton Region, on Lake Ontario in Southern Ontario, Canada, and is part of the Greater Toronto Area. As of the 2006 census the population was 165,613.-History:In 1793, Dundas Street was surveyed for a military road...

at the age of 86.

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