Career
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
He also was active in student council activities.
Gallagher was a DJ at the Bullring, a public 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. lieutenant was believed that Gallagher had been battling pneumonia since a recent trip to Barbados.