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Retired longtime CTV Ottawa anchor Leigh Chapple dies
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Doug HempsteadPublished Dec 10, • Last updated Dec 11, • 2 minute read
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For decades, she was the last person many Ottawans saw before they went to bed.
A fact not lost on retired CTV news anchor Leigh Chapple, who acknowledged as much when she signed off for the last time in May,
“I’d like to thank you for letting me into your home every night to help tuck you into bed and give you assurances tomorrow will be a better day,” she said.
The 58 year-old was found dead by her husband Dean Holmes early Tuesday morning.
Holmes also worked at CTV, as an editor — the pair retired at the same time.
Chapple got her start in TV at age 19 at Pembroke’s CHOV-TV after graduating from Algonquin College, where she went on to teach part-time for 15 years.
She also hosted Regional Contact on CTV