returned to radio as a newsman and talk-show host. He relied on his wife Geraldine as his career advisor, researcher and editor throughout their 56-year marriage. She died in 2006. In the U.S., Finley's station affiliations were primarily in San Francisco: 10 years at KGO, and KCBS. Three interim years were spent at XTRA in San Diego and WNIS in Norfolk. Two radio stations in Vancouver, B.C., needed a talk-show host with U.S. experience and a knowledge of Canadiana, and Finley spent five years at CKNW, and later, six years at CJOR. He retired in 1995; his final years in broadcasting were as a KCBS news anchor. While living in Canada, Finley contributed many news stories and features from that country and Europe, as byline writer for the San Francisco Chronicle Foreign Service. Art Finley served as Master of Ceremonies for San Francisco's official celebration of Independence Day for 14 years between 1960 and 1979. From 1962 to 1981, the San Francisco Chronicle and scores of other North American newspapers published his syndicated daily panel "Art's Gallery", consisting of 19th Century woodcuts, to which Finley had written humorous modern-day captions. All 6200+ original panels are now in the archives of San Francisco State University. On February 12, 2002, Finley donated tapes of 100 of his memorable radio interviews, to the University of British Columbia Library's Rare Books and Special Collections. Finley died of a heart attack on August 7, 2015. Notes and references External links Art Finley interviews rock impresario Bill Graham on KGO Radio, San Francisco, 1978 Art Finley Tribute 1926 births 2015 deaths Artists from West Virginia Artists from San Francisco Artists from Vancouver Canadian radio personalities People from Fairmont, West Virginia Radio personalities from San Francisco Television personalities from San Francisco Writers from West Virginia Writers from San Francisco Writers from Vancouver American comics writers American cartoonists Canadian comics writers Canadian cartoonists Radio personalities from West Virginia Comedians from California Comedians from Vancouver Comedians from West Virginia