Loved ones, colleagues remember 'eternally sunny' Indigenous comedian Candy Palmater
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Loved ones and colleagues are mourning the loss of Indigenous comedian Candy Palmater, after her partner announced that she had died on Saturday at the age of 53.
That's how Palmater's loved ones and colleagues are remembering her after her partner, Denise Tompkins, announced that she had died on Saturday at the age of 53.
"Her smile could light up a room and no matter what kind of day I might have been having, as soon as I got to see my Candy, it was just instantly better," said hairstylist Connor Lange, who became close friends with Palmater after she sat in his chair at the salon he was working at.
"Candy was amazing. The way that she just looked at life, every single day … she lived to the fullest while still being able to slow down and just enjoy all the little things that she loves so much," Lange told CTV News.
Born in New Brunswick and raised by her Mi'kmaw father and white mother, Palmater went to Dalhousie Law School in Halifax and became the first Indigenous law student valedictorian.
