Dan Gallagher (May 14, 1957 – January 20, 2001) was a Canadian broadcaster, best known for hosting the game show Test Pattern on MuchMusic between 1989 and 1991. Also in the 1980s, he appeared on the Canadian music channel MuchMusic as a VJ and host of the Pepsi Power Hour. Gallagher later hosted the CBC Television music video program Video Hits from 1991 to 1993.
Dan Gallagher | |
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Born | Dan Gallagher May 4, 1957 Don Mills, Ontario, Canada |
Died | January 20, 2001 Toronto, Ontario | (aged 43)
Occupation(s) | Canadian broadcast and Media Personality |
He later hosted beach volleyball game on TSN, and was a featured contributor for Hockey Night in Canada.
He also guest-starred on the Canadian comedy show The Kids in the Hall.
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 and which is still in operation as of 2023.[1] 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.
In January 2001, he was found dead in his home by his brother Brett Gallagher after a sudden illness.[2][3] It was believed that Gallagher had contracted pneumonia during a trip to Barbados.