comedy A Touch of Grace, playing himself. Ballance also appeared in the 1975 Barnaby Jones episode Fatal Witness as fictional talk show host Bill Edwards. After undergoing quadruple bypass surgery and suffering a stroke in June 2002, Ballance died on September 23, 2004. References External links Bill Ballance "Official Site" 1918 births 2004 deaths American talk radio hosts Radio personalities from Denver Radio personalities from Los Angeles Radio personalities from San Diego Radio personalities from San Francisco People from Peoria, Illinois University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign College of Media alumni United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II