Editing Stuart McLean (section)

==Personal life==
McLean was born in Montreal West, the eldest of three children to Australian immigrant parents, Andrew McLean and Margaret Godkin.<ref>"C'mon in to the Vinyl Cafe: CBC storyteller McLean brings make- believe and music to Montreal". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', November 19, 1998.</ref><ref name=highbeam>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170219091812/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3480900234.html "McLean, Stuart 1948-"]. ''Contemporary Authors'', January 1, 2006.</ref><ref name="mcleandead" /> His interest in radio programming developed during childhood when his father gifted him a Motorola radio to pass the time during an illness. This early fascination with radio persisted into adulthood, shaping McLean's career trajectory in media and journalism.<ref name="canenc" />

McLean was educated at [[Lower Canada College]] and [[Bishop's College School]] in Quebec.<ref>{{Cite news |archive-date=Jun 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625000408/https://www.pressreader.com/canada/montreal-gazette/20100501/286392715211503 |url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/montreal-gazette/20100501/286392715211503 |title=A place that destroyed children |date=1 May 2010 |first=Hubert |last=Bauch |publisher=[[Montreal Gazette]] |language=en |access-date=21 July 2023 |via=[[PressReader]] |url-status=live}}</ref> He admitted to feeling like an outsider to the other students at the private school, feeling neither athletic enough nor smart enough to fit in.<ref name="mcleandead" /> McLean graduated from [[Sir George Williams University]] with a B.A. degree in 1971.<ref name="canenc" />  Following his graduation, he worked in student services for [[Dawson College]], and as campaign manager for [[Nick Auf der Maur]] in his first [[Montreal City Council]] election.<ref name="mcleandead">{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/stuart-mclean-dead-at-68-1.3984826|title=Stuart McLean dead at 68 |publisher=[[CBC News]] |date=February 15, 2017 |accessdate=February 15, 2017}}</ref>

McLean married Linda Read, a potter, in 1982.<ref name="highbeam" /> They had two children together, Robert and Andrew, and McLean was stepfather to Read's son, Christopher Trowbridge, from her first marriage.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/arts/stuart-mclean-dead-vinyl-cafe-radio-host.html "Stuart McLean, Who Created Radio’s ‘The Vinyl Cafe,’ Dies at 68"]. ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 17, 2017.</ref> McLean and Read later divorced in 2002.<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/stuart-mcleans-bent-vision/article1047308/?page=all "Stuart McLean's bent vision"]. ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', October 18, 2003.</ref>

He was also a sponsor of the [[YMCA]]'s Camp Kanawana, establishing a charitable fund to provide financial support for underprivileged youth to attend the camp,<ref name="billboard">[http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/obituary/7693454/stuart-mclean-canadian-radio-legend-obit "Stuart McLean, Canadian Radio Legend, Dies at 68"]. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', February 15, 2017.</ref> and served as honorary colonel of the [[Canadian Armed Forces]]' [[8 Air Maintenance Squadron]] at [[CFB Trenton]].<ref name="billboard" />