Canadian actor and comedian Candy Palmater died in her Toronto home on Christmas Day. She was 53. 

Palmater was known for her role in television series ‘Trailer Park Boys’. She was the creator and writer of her own national TV show for APTN, ‘The Candy Show’.

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Her manager and partner Denise Tompkins confirmed Palmater’s death. The cause of death has not been revealed yet. 

“Post by Denise. I have few words. Candy passed away today at home suddenly. I will post information soon,” Tompkins posted on The Candy Show’s Instagram account on Saturday.

Candy Palmater served as a regular co-host on CTV’s talk show ‘The Social’. 

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“Today our entire team is grieving the sudden passing of our good friend Candy Palmater, who always left us smiling a bit bigger, laughing a bit harder, and thinking a bit more critically about the world around us. We’re thinking of her loved ones today. She’ll be deeply missed,” the program tweeted.

“Candy was an incredible talent but also a truly special person. It is such a loss. Another light has gone out in the world today,” CBC News general manager Susan Marjetti said. 

Candy Palmater also worked for Nova Scotia government as a lawyer. She had recently finished an autobiography that is scheduled to be released in 2022.

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Palmater narrated the CBC-TV series ‘True North Calling’. She also served as a panelist on CBC Canada Reads in 2017. 

In ‘Trailer Park Boys’, Palmater appeared as Candy in several episodes of the 10th season. 

 A message of tribute posted to the official Twitter account for the show reads, “Sad news: Actor, comedian, broadcaster (and badass nipple-twister) Candy Palmater sadly passed away Christmas Day. Sending all our love from Sunnyvale.”

“When I’m asked to describe myself, I always say I’m a gay native recovered lawyer turned feminist comic, who was raised by bikers in the wilds of northern New Brunswick,” Palmater said in a 2016 interview with the Toronto Star.

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“I’m very interested in loving kindness, and the notion of self-acceptance. I feel like every time you open a magazine, watch a movie, turn on the television, you’re constantly being told you’re not enough: not rich enough, not pretty enough, not thin enough … I think we’re all more than enough, but we’re not told that often enough.”