Glenda Hyndman told the Toronto Star the TV personality was a chronic sleepwalker
Steve Russell / Toronto Star
The alley at 68 Broadview Ave. where Christopher Hyndman, co-host of the CBC-TV afternoon lifestyles show Steven and Chris, was found dead Monday night.
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In an emotional phone interview from Moose Jaw, Sask., Glenda Hyndman said her son died in an “unfortunate accident.”
Toronto Police spokesperson Meaghan Gray wouldn’t confirm this, and said the investigation is still open. Police do not suspect anything suspicious or criminal.
“Christopher was a sleepwalker, and he did that a lot. He even ate in his sleep,” Glenda Hyndman said of her son, who co-hosted the CBC’s popular daytime TV show Steven and Chris. “It’s not good, but that’s his reality.
“He was the most incredible human being and best son you could ever have. I think his light was so bright it just … it just burned out.”
Hyndman’s body was found in an alleyway just south of Queen St. E. and Broadview Ave. shortly after 11 p.m. Monday. He was discovered below the sixth-floor unit he shared with his onscreen partner and spouse, Steven Sabados.
Toronto police say the co-host of Canadian TV show ‘Steven and Chris’ was found dead in an alley near his home.
Glenda said that Hyndman and Sabados went to bed Monday night, and then Sabados was awakened when police knocked on his door to tell him what happened.
“He’s really, really, really struggling,” she said of Sabados. “I’m going up there (to Toronto), and I’m going to stay as long as I need to help him, because I’m his only little piece of Christopher left.”
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