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Lunch time, I come in to check tray on cute little old lady around 90. She is channel surfing with a frown on her face. Finally she hands me TV controller and says, "I can't seem to find Bill Burns dear, will you see if you can locate him". :chuckle :roll

i knew patti burns personally, she was a good friend of my grams and her employers, and she was a pat. at the clinic i used to work, she was a goo hearted person.she had a long battle with cancer. thats why she left the news for a while, then tried to return to tv but it was too much

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I had a part time job at the Holiday Inn Parkway East when I was in college (many moons ago). WTAE isn't far from there; they used to all come into the bar for drinks after the show. Remember Don Gannon, too? And I remember that Keith Miller was so slow to pay his tab that they stopped letting him run one.

Remember Don Gannon, too?
Did I not hear somewhere that Don Gannon was back doing reporting for some station in the Burgh? They told me he was fired in another city because of a drinking problem. He hit bottom and an old friend here gave him a job. I am not sure of this but I feel as if I heard that somewhere.
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Did I not hear somewhere that Don Gannon was back doing reporting for some station in the Burgh? They told me he was fired in another city because of a drinking problem. He hit bottom and an old friend here gave him a job. I am not sure of this but I feel as if I heard that somewhere.

I don't know if he's back in Pittsburgh or not, since I don't live there anymore, but it wouldn't surprise me at all if he'd been fired in another city for his drinking problem. I worked at the Holiday Inn in the 80s- before it was common for bar owners to be held liable for accidents caused by patrons who had too much to drink in their establishment. I remember Don Gannon staggering out many nights, and words of concern among the wait and managerial staffs about him going out to drive in that condition. I think I'll google him and see what I find.

I don't know if he's back in Pittsburgh or not, since I don't live there anymore, but it wouldn't surprise me at all if he'd been fired in another city for his drinking problem. I worked at the Holiday Inn in the 80s- before it was common for bar owners to be held liable for accidents caused by patrons who had too much to drink in their establishment. I remember Don Gannon staggering out many nights, and words of concern among the wait and managerial staffs about him going out to drive in that condition. I think I'll google him and see what I find.

He's on KDKA now..weekends.

Lunch time, I come in to check tray on cute little old lady around 90. She is channel surfing with a frown on her face. Finally she hands me TV controller and says, "I can't seem to find Bill Burns dear, will you see if you can locate him". :chuckle :roll
that is really too cute......I remember Mr. Burns well I ran in to alot when shoppin in Hornes......

The man you are referring to is Don CANNON, not Gannon. Just thought you'd like to know!

The man you are referring to is Don CANNON, not Gannon. Just thought you'd like to know!
Maybe we spelled it Gannon to keep from getting sued.
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Patti and Daddy at noon.

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How did Patty Burns die? How old was she?

Hmmm...cancer?

LOL ah that is so cute! Brightened my day!

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