Dan Gallagher

Gallagher hosting Test Pattern

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. In 1990 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

Dan attended 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.

In 1989, Dan Gallagher starred in the obscure low-budget horror anthology, Freakshow.

In 1991 Dan 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. When he didn't arrive at work one Saturday in early 2001, he was found dead in his home by former Test Pattern co-host Bill Carroll Saturday afternoon after a sudden illness. It was believed that Gallagher had been battling pneumonia since a recent trip to Barbados.

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Name	Gallagher, Dan
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Date of birth	May 14, 1957
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Date of death	January 20, 2001
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