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Dan Gallagher (May 14, 1957 – January 20, 2001) 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. In January 2001, he was found dead in his home by former Test Pattern co-host Bill Carroll after a sudden illness. It was believed that Gallagher had been battling pneumonia since a recent trip to Barbados. == Sources == * (Dan Gallagher ) * ("Broadcaster Dan Gallagher dies at 43" ). CBC News, January 21, 2001. Retrieved 2014-06-10. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dan Gallagher」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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