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| Author: | SiriusPage [ Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Passing of Bill Gonillo |
On Sunday a dear colleague of mine passed away at far too early an age. When I was 16 years old, Bill Gonillo was one of the first people I met in the broadcasting industry and by far and away the most humble. I was a high school junior doing play-by-play for my high-school TV Station in East Haven Connecticut. I came acrosss Bill at one of the first events I ever covered. It was the Walter Camp Football Foundations Annual Basketball Game held at the New Haven Coliseum(now a pile of rubble.) I met Bill there and always kept in contact throughout my teen years. Once, he even gave me a tour at News 12 Connecticut. This is where Bill would make his home for the next 12 years. I regret that over the past 5 or 6 years I had little contact with Bill. I came to New York and started working with Sirius and we lost contact. His passing is a reminder to me never to forget the people who helped me get my start in this world. People who believed in me when nobody else did. I started getting work and I forgot about the guy who gave me the confidence to go out and get that work. Bill Gonillo never had a desire to go work in a large market and become big and famous. He did what he did because he loved it. I wish sometimes that I could say the same about myself. |
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| Author: | SiriusPage [ Wed Sep 26, 2007 12:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Thanks |
Thanks a lot for that piece. It made me smile for a few minutes. |
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