Bay Area TV and Radio Personality Jerry Graham Has Died

I found out from a Facebook posting that long time Jerry Graham has died from a heart attack at age 78 in his Santa Cruz home. Jerry was the host of the iconic Bay Are Backroads on local San Francisco television station KRON starting in 1983. Jerry would hop into the car with his camera man and head out onto the byways of the Bay Area interviewing people and finding oddities and treasures along the way. His show was not unlike Huell Howser's "California's Gold" but was more Bay Area-centric.
Born in Indianapolis, Indiana with the name Gerald Granowsky he got a degree in Radio-TV Production and started his career in the mid-west. Jerry changed his name to Graham when he got his first job as his given named was deemed to difficult to pronounce. He was old school TV-radio you did everything. He hosted a kids show, call in shows and Weatherman he is most remembered for both his career at KSAN and KRON in the Bay Area.
Jerry Graham was a Bay Area gem!