Current:Home > ScamsSue Johanson, Sunday Night Sex Show Host, Dead at 93 -Infinite Edge Capital
Sue Johanson, Sunday Night Sex Show Host, Dead at 93
View
Date:2025-04-27 19:43:29
Canada has lost a TV legend.
Sue Johanson, who dished out sex advice for decades as host of the Canadian call-in radio-turned-TV program Sunday Night Sex Show and its U.S. spinoff Talk Sex With Sue Johanson, died at age 93 in a long-term care home near her native Toronto, surrounded by her family, her rep told CBC June 29.
"She was a groundbreaker pioneer trooper. And she broke all the rules. And it was fabulous," her daughter Jane Johanson told CBC radio host Nil Köksal in an interview that day. "She never brushed people aside. She treated everyone absolutely the same. She was never judgmental, nor was she condescending or disapproving of any question that came her way."
Johanson's daughter continued, "It didn't matter who you were, what your sexual preference was, how you identified, what you might be dealing with in terms of the time of AIDS — like, she embraced everybody and who they were. And that just...made me so proud. We are so proud of our dear Sue, my mom."
Before going into broadcasting, Johanson began a career as a registered nurse. She opened a birth control clinic at a Toronto high school in 1970 after a friend of one of her two daughters thought she was pregnant and sought her help. She ultimately ran the facility for 18 years, according to The New York Times.
Sunday Night Sex Show premiered on Toronto radio in 1984 and its TV adaptation premiered in 1996 on the W Network and aired until 2005. Meanwhile, Talk Sex With Sue Johanson debuted in 2002 on the Oxygen channel and ended its run in 2008.
In the '80s, Johanson, a mom of three, also played a fictional version of herself on two episodes of Degrassi Junior High, reprising her role for a pair of episodes on the revival series Degrassi: The Next Generation in the early aughts.
Johanson also occasionally appeared as a guest on U.S. talk shows. In 2006, she debunked some "common myths" about sex while being interviewed on Late Night With Conan O'Brien. "Bigger is not better," she told Conan O'Brien. "Penis size does not matter."
She also told him that for women, orgasms are "grossly overrated," adding, "The whole idea that females are going to have this cataclysmic, earth-shattering, 10-on-the-Richter-scale orgasm every time they have sex, nuh-uh, not going to happen."
O'Brien then joked, "Uh, yes, it will," to which Johanson responded, "Oh, you wish!"
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News AppveryGood! (259)
Related
- NFL Week 15 picks straight up and against spread: Bills, Lions put No. 1 seed hopes on line
- 2 people attacked by sharks in 2 days at 'Shark Bite Capital of the World,' Florida
- You'll Bend the Knee to Emilia Clarke's Blonde Hair Transformation
- Hurricane Beryl downgraded to tropical storm; at least 1 dead: Live updates
- Where will Elmo go? HBO moves away from 'Sesame Street'
- Spoilers: How deaths gave 'House of the Dragon' big 'Game of Thrones' energy
- U.S. men's Olympic soccer team announced. Here's who made the cut.
- Spoilers: How deaths gave 'House of the Dragon' big 'Game of Thrones' energy
- Can Bill Belichick turn North Carolina into a winner? At 72, he's chasing one last high
- You don't have to be Reese Witherspoon to start a book club: Follow these 6 tips
Ranking
- The FTC says 'gamified' online job scams by WhatsApp and text on the rise. What to know.
- Moderate Masoud Pezeshkian wins Iran's presidential runoff election
- Sophie Turner Shares How She's Having Hot Girl Summer With Her and Joe Jonas' 2 Daughters
- Early Amazon Prime Day Deals: Get 68% Off Matching Sets That Will Get You Outfit Compliments All Summer
- Residents worried after ceiling cracks appear following reroofing works at Jalan Tenaga HDB blocks
- ACL-related injuries are very common. Here's what causes them, plus how to avoid them.
- How bad is inflation, really? A fresh look at the economy and CPI this week
- Emma Roberts Says She Lost Jobs Because of Her Famous Relatives
Recommendation
Paige Bueckers vs. Hannah Hidalgo highlights women's basketball games to watch
Angel Reese makes WNBA history with 13th-straight double-double for Chicago Sky
US women’s coach Emma Hayes sidesteps equal pay question if high-priced star takes over American men
Indiana police standoff with armed man ends when troopers take him into custody and find boy dead
Meta releases AI model to enhance Metaverse experience
Tearful Lewis Hamilton ends long wait with record ninth British GP win
Emma Roberts Says She Lost Jobs Because of Her Famous Relatives
Taylor Fritz beats Alexander Zverev at Wimbledon. Novak Djokovic gets into it with the crowd