1934-2026: Canadian broadcasting icon Lloyd Robertson's legendary career
Canadian journalist Lloyd Robertson, who spent 35 years as chief anchor of CTV National News, has died.
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Lloyd Robertson grew up in a working-class family as the youngest of his father’s 10 children.
Lloyd Robertson and his wife, Nancy Barrett, were married in 1956 and had four daughters. (CTV News)
Lloyd Robertson (CTV News)
Lloyd Robertson anchoring the Moon Landing in 1969.
Lloyd Robertson (CTV News)
Lloyd Robertson (CTV News)
Lloyd Robertson joined CTV in 1976 and became co-anchor of CTV National News, a position he held until 1984 when fellow co-anchor Harvey Kirck retired. (CTV News)
News anchor Lloyd Robertson points out some adjustment to be made on the new set of CTV's National News; which viewers saw for the first time, Jan. 12, 1987. (Ron Bull/Toronto Star via Getty Images)
Lloyd Robertson in 1985. (CTV News)
Lloyd Robertson's first newscast with CTV National News in 1976. (CTV News)
Lloyd Robertson's first newscast with CTV National News in 1976. (CTV News)
Lloyd Robertson describes CTV’s Terry Fox Marathon of Hope Telethon in 1980. (CTV News)
Lloyd Robertson, front centre, leads the CTV National News team. (michelledubectv / Instagram)
Then-CTV anchor Lloyd Robertson in an interview with Rick Hansen in 1987. (CTV News)
Lloyd Robertson in 1990. (CTV News)
CTV News anchor Lloyd Robertson photographed at his desk in Toronto Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2001. (CP PHOTO/Aaron Harris)
'He was truly a genuine, sweet and kind human being': Sandie Rinaldo remembers Lloyd Robertson. (CTV News)
CTV National News anchors Sandie Rinaldo and Lloyd Robertson. (CTV News)
Lloyd Robertson is invested into the Order of Canada in 1998. (CTV News)
Lloyd Robertson on the cover of TV Guide. (CTV News)
Lloyd Robertson and Craig Oliver share a smile enjoying the outdoors in this undated photo.
CTV News anchor Lloyd Robertson photographed in Toronto Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2001. (CP PHOTO/Aaron Harris)
Gordon Lightfoot with W5 special correspondent Lloyd Robertson. (CTV News)
Lloyd Robertson, Chief News Anchor and Senior News Editor of Canada's CTV News, speaks in New York at the annual Canadian Association of New York dinner on Nov. 17, 2006 after receiving the organization's 2006 Arts and Letters Award. (AP Photo/John Smock)
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, left, talks with CTV's chief anchor and senior editor Lloyd Robertson during a celebration in downtown Ottawa on Tuesday April 15, 2008, for CTV's 50th year in business. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Co-Parade Marshal and broadcaster Lloyd Robertson tips his hat to people along the parade route during the Calgary Stampede parade, Friday, July 5, 2002. (CP PHOTO/Adrian Wyld)
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Lloyd Robertson and Craig Oliver. (CTV News)
CTV News anchor Lloyd Robertson photographed at his desk in Toronto Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2001. (CP PHOTO/Aaron Harris)
CTV News anchor Lloyd Robertson rehearses his news cast before going live on air at CTV headquarters in Scarborough, Ont., on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
CTV news anchor Lloyd Robertson rehearses his news cast before going live on air at CTV headquarters in Scarborough, Ont., on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
CTV News anchor Lloyd Robertson rehearses his news cast before going live on air at CTV headquarters in Scarborough, Ont., on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
CTV News anchor Lloyd Robertson makes a toast after his final newscast on Thursday Sept. 1, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
CTV News anchor Lloyd Robertson (right) greets his wife Nancy after his final newscast on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
CTV News anchor Lloyd Robertson takes his glasses off after his penultimate newscast on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
CTV News anchor Lloyd Robertson reacts after his final newscast on Thursday Sept. 1, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Sandie Rinaldo, Lloyd Robertson, Lisa LaFlamme and Pamela Wallin pose during Lloyd Robertson's final broadcast for CTV News after 35 years as the national anchor and as North America's longest serving national news anchor at CTV National News on Sept. 1, 2011 in Toronto. (George Pimentel/WireImage)
Lloyd Robertson, who covered everything from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the 9/11 terrorist attacks during 35 years as chief anchor of CTV National News, has died. He was 92. (CTV News)
CTV News anchor Lloyd Robertson carries the torch during the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games torch relay on Vancouver Island in Sidney, B.C., on Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
CTV's Lloyd Robertson took to the stage to receive the Gordon Sinclair Award for Broadcast Journalism, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. (Lucas Oleniuk/Toronto Star via Getty Images)
Peter Mansbridge and winner of the Gordon Sinclair Award for Broadcast Journalism Lloyd Robertson attend the 26th Annual Gemini Awards - Industry Gala at the Metro Toronto Convention Centr, on Aug. 30, 2011 in Toronto. (George Pimentel/WireImage)
Retired veteran Canadian news anchor Lloyd Robertson poses for a photo to promote his memoir "The Kind of Life It's Been" in Toronto on Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michelle Siu
Retired veteran Canadian news anchor Lloyd Robertson poses for a photo to promote his memoir "The Kind of Life It's Been" in Toronto on Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michelle Siu
Lloyd Robertson and Robert Hurst (right). (CTV News)
Lloyd Robertson's memoir, 'The Kind of Life It's Been', was released in 2012. (CTV News)
CTV News Special Correspondent Lloyd Robertson speaks next to his damaged SUV following a collision on Toronto's Don Valley Parkway, Thursday, March 29, 2018.
Lloyd Robertson (centre) attends the opening of a park named for him in Markham, Ont., on Saturday, July 7, 2018.
Former prime minister Jean Chretien (left), who was head of Indian and Northern Affairs during the October Crisis, speaks with W5's Lloyd Robertson on Dec. 17, 2019 (W5)
Lloyd Robertson reporting on W5.
Canadian singer-songwriter Ian Tyson showing Lloyd Robertson around his ranch. (CTV News)
Lloyd Robertson reporting in 2019. (CTV News)
Sandie Rinaldo and Lloyd Robertson in 2023. (CTV News)
