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Later in his career, he was reassigned to Montreal, where he hosted Action 12, a consumer affairs show. While Noseworthy was not happy with the move, he had a passion for chasing down crooked business owners.

“He was great at that,” said Stéphane Giroux, a journalist at CTV Montreal, who worked with Noseworthy at the time.

When businesses that were accused of ripping off customers got a call from Noseworthy, they answered.

“You had to talk, otherwise he would chase you down the street with his camera,” Giroux said. “When he was determined to find a crooked businessman who ripped off a viewer, he was merciless.”

“You couldn’t tell Ralph how to behave, and it got him in trouble a few times with management at CFCF-12, it got him in trouble with the press gallery in Quebec City, he made his own rules,” Giroux said. “But he always did it for the right reason.”

“He told me … that camera is your eyes, it’s the public’s eyes.”

Noseworthy died of a heart attack in his sleep on Monday night.

In addition to Ford, he was survived by his daughter, Cathy, and his two grandchildren, Paulina and Zachary.

Cathy Noseworthy said her father taught her to never take no for an answer and to chase after her dreams.

“Once I told him he was stubborn and he said, ‘No, I’m not stubborn, I’m persistent,'” she said.

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