About Sherri Wood
Lived 1979 – 2008 (aged 28–29). Sherri Wood was a Canadian journalist.
Sherri Wood (1979 – March 24, 2008) was a Canadian journalist for the Toronto Sun. An Etobicoke, Ontario native, Wood worked for the Sun since 2004 as an entertainment reporter and critic. She also had a weekly spot on Canoe Live, SUN TV's current-affairs show. The last story Wood wrote for the Sun was on April 15, 2007, a review of a concert by Brooklyn indie-rock troupe Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Within hours of filing, she collapsed suddenly and was rushed to hospital.
Death
On March 24, 2008 Wood died of brain cancer after an 11-month battle. Several tributes were posted by her former colleagues including Sun writers Bill Harris and Kathy Brooks and several others. Her sister Kayla Wood also posted tributes.
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Who was Sherri Wood?
Canadian journalist
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Sherri Wood was born in 1979.
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Sherri Wood died on 24 March 2008.
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