OBITUARY: Champion of Canadian screenwriters Jack Gray

TORONTO - The Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) is among those mourning the February 23, 2017 passing of Jack Gray, in his 90th year.Gray committed 25 years of his life to working on behalf of Canadian screenwriters, and is being remembered by the WGC as “the driving force” behind the organization’s creation in 1991. The WGC now represents more than 2,200 professional English-language screenwriters in Canada.He was also the first writer-president of the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA), serving two terms from 1978-81, and was the last chair of the ACTRA National Writers Council. In addition,...