William Lorne "Bill" Cameron was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and grew up in Vancouver, La Jolla, California and Ottawa. A Gemini Award and National Magazine Award winner, he was a writer, author, documentary reporter/producer, TV current affairs host/interviewer, radio broadcaster, newspaper columnist and reporter and TV news anchor. In 1965, Cameron abandoned his studies in English literature at the University of Toronto to pursue an acting career in New York. From that base, he began freelancing for CBC Radio as an arts and entertainment critic/reviewer. He later returned to Toronto and moved to the Toronto Star where, at 25, he was a columnist and member of the Star editorial board. In 1970, Cameron was part of a group of young researchers with Senator David Croll's Senate Committee studying poverty in Canada. The four resigned from their jobs, disenchanted with the direction of Croll's committee, and wrote, "The Real Poverty Report." Cameron moved to Maclean's Magazine where he was a writer and associate editor. In 1974, Cameron was hired by Global Television in Toronto to write, report and host for the fledgling national network. 

January 23rd, 1943 in Vancouver  /  Died:   Mar 12th, 2005