Bruce Marshall on Dec. 9. After graduating from Seneca Polytechnic in 1984, Marshall went on to a 20-year run on-air at CHUM Toronto, working on both the AM and FM stations. Stints at 97.3 EZ Rock followed, in addition to CKOC, CJJD and K-Lite FM in Hamilton. Marshall also served as the network imaging voice for TSN from 2001-03, among other commercial voice work. Off-air, he was a firefighter, a radio professor in the School of Communication at Seneca, and made an unsuccessful bid for regional council in Brampton in 2018.
Ken Gibson, 92, on Nov. 30. An inductee of the B.C. Entertainment Hall of Fame, Gibson joined CBC-TV in Vancouver in 1961 after emigrating to Canada from England. Gibson moved up from Props Specialist to Production Assistant and by 1967 held the title of Producer/Director in Variety Programming. Among other shows he worked on were pop music showcase “Let’s Go” (later renamed “Where It’s At”), 1968’s “Hits-a-Poppin” featuring Terry David Mulligan as host, and “The Irish Rovers,” for which he produced several series and 11 specials over 18 years, earning him a Genie Award. By the 1970s, he was working as a freelance producer/writer, producing shows like “It’s a Musical World” with Tommy Common, Red Robinson game show vehicle “TRIVIA,” talent search series “Fame Game,” and 1985’s “Rock Wars.” He was also behind early video series “Good Rockin’ Tonite” that ran nationally for 10 years and is credited with creating the first seven Canadian Country Music Awards specials, starting in 1987. He retired from television in 1997.
Gilles Landry, 60, on Nov. 29. Landry started his career as a photographer at independent French newspaper L’Acadie Nouvelle in Caraquet, NB. While he continued to freelance as a photographer, he eventually landed a job as a videographer and editor with CBC/Radio-Canada – a role he most recently held in Moncton.
