death_place death_date children birth_place parents birth_date spouse article_title name occupation
toronto , ontario 15 september 1991 marc , peggy , peter and anne , scott , jill , jennifer , john cochrane , ontario gordon and ruth 06 january 1932 margaret graham , martha jennings , glenys moss warner troyer
 warner troyer broadcaster , documentary producer , author
warner troyer

warner troyer -lrb- 6 january 1932 -- 15 september 1991 -rrb- was a canadian broadcast journalist and writer .
troyer was born in cochrane , ontario , the son of gordon troyer , a presbyterian circuit minister .
he lost his leg at a young age , and later worked with patrick watson who also had a missing leg .
troyer began his career as an overnight radio disc jockey in saskatchewan , then became the first radio reporter in the manitoba legislature and was not even allowed in the press gallery .
he then moved to the winnipeg free press .
he was later featured on the 1960s cbc television current affairs program `` this hour has seven days '' .
in 1975 , troyer co-hosted the first season of `` the fifth estate '' with adrienne clarkson , also on cbc .
he was also involved in the production of cbwt 's `` eye-to-eye '' program and was for a time executive producer and co-host of w5 on ctv .
in 1976 , troyer provided commentaries following episodes of the prisoner as they were broadcast on commercial-free tvontario .
he also interviewed patrick mcgoohan for a tvontario broadcast in 1977 and was credited as a consultant in the 1976 tvontario publication `` the prisoner puzzle '' .
`` no safe place '' -lrb- isbn 0-772-01117-6 -rrb- , published in 1977 , was a book by troyer about mercury poisoning in northern ontario waters .
his 1980 book `` 200 days : joe clark in power '' -lrb- isbn 0-920510-05-1 -rrb- was an examination of the short-lived progressive conservative administration of prime minister joe clark , which was a 1979 minority government , defeated in a motion of non-confidence late that year .
he also wrote a book on the history of canadian radio and television broadcasting , `` the sound & the fury : an anecdotal history of canadian broadcasting '' -lrb- isbn 0-471-99872-9 -rrb- , published in 1982 .
troyer married his first wife , margaret and had six children : marc , scott , jill , jennifer , peggy and john .
he also had two children , peter and anne , with his second wife .
in the early 1980s , troyer and his third wife , glenys moss , established a journalism school in sri lanka .
in his later years he focused on environmental issues .
troyer was listed as a consultant for `` the canadian green consumer guide '' -lrb- isbn 0771071620 -rrb- , published in 1989 , and wrote `` preserving our world : a consumer 's guide to the brundtland report '' -lrb- isbn 0-969453-80-9 -rrb- , published in 1990 .
troyer contracted throat cancer and died in toronto at age 59 .
