Parents should never have to bury their children, but well known broadcaster Maurice Foisy will be doing just that for his broadcaster son, Neal. Neal was found dead in his apartment, of natural causes, yesterday morning. He was 51.
Neal started out working for Dad as an Operator at CHQM, but found his niche in Creative, writing many of the ads you heard on air in Victoria and Vancouver over the last 15 years.
I never knew Neal other than as boyabouttown here on RadioWest, where he would sometimes sign his posts with his real name. But I knew Maurice fairly well, as my boss's boss at CHQM, as a frequent voice on CHQM from when they first signed on in 1959 until they were sold to CHUM in 1991, and finally through a former co-worker at CBC Halifax who I met in the 1990s when the co-worker was a senior manager with the Alberta Government.
No word yet on funeral arrangements.