Dan Gallagher
Male, Deceased Person
1957 – 2001
Who was Dan Gallagher?
Dan Gallagher was a Canadian broadcaster who hosted the CBC Television music video program Video Hits from 1991 to 1993. In the 1980s, he appeared on the Canadian music channel MuchMusic as a VJ and host of the Pepsi Power Hour. From 1989 to 1991, he hosted the game show Test Pattern on the station. He also guest-starred on the Canadian comedy show The Kids in the Hall.
He later hosted beach volleyball games on TSN, and was a featured contributor for Hockey Night in Canada
Gallagher attended Senator O'Connor College School in Don Mills, where he was active with the school's counter-culture magazine, "Gnork", then L'Amoreaux Collegiate Institute in Scarborough in the mid-1970s and founded an in school radio station, Radio L'Am along with several other like minded friends. He also was active in student council activities.
Gallagher was a DJ at the Bullring, a pub on the campus of the University of Guelph.
In 1989, Gallagher starred in the obscure low-budget horror anthology, Freakshow.
In 1991, Gallagher was the in-stadium host of Toronto Argonauts football games at the SkyDome; he worked with a sidekick named Luc Casimiri.
He hosted various weekend talk programs on CFRB in Toronto.
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- Born
- May 14, 1957
- Education
- L'Amoreaux Collegiate Institute
- Died
- Jan 20, 2001
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on July 23, 2013
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