Bill Grogan, veteran radio guy and Stanfield speech writer, dead at 80

William Douglas Grogan died on  July 4, 2015 at the Concordia health facility in Bella Vista, Arkansas, at age 80. He was born, raised and educated in Winnipeg, where he had a memorable career in radio, TV and the local entertainment scene until the late seventies when he became a Special Assistant to the late Hon. Robert Stanfield. On Stanfield's retirement, Bill joined the Public Service of Canada and served in several appointments at the Executive level until his retirement in 1994.
In the 1970s, Bill was a gregarious regular at the old Ottawa Press Club.
Ottawa Citizen death announcement