Garry Mac, a TV and radio personality and a figure in the Chattanooga area medical and nonprofit communities, died Tuesday in Florida where he lived and spent most of his time. He was 67.

Mac worked at WDXB and WGOW and is perhaps best known for his work with partner Dale Deason at WGOW, where they hosted a morning show in the 1980s. In recent years, Mac filled in at WGOW talk radio as a substitute when hosts were on vacation or sick.

After leaving broadcasting, Mac went to work for Memorial Hospital as a marketing assistant. At Memorial, Mac started the water bottle program, which urged people to drink plenty of water a day. He was a news anchor for WDEF-TV 12 for two years in the mid-’90s,. He was also a spokesman for Hospice of Chattanooga and a frequent guest on local TV news and talk programs.

“Garry was a tremendously gifted air personality and deeply loved and respected by the broadcast community, and everyone he met. He always carried a smile with him and I’ll miss that a lot. Prayers for the family,” fellow broadcaster and broadcasting executive Ben Cagle said.

“This just takes my breath away,” Memorial’s Jean Payne said in a text Wednesday morning. “I loved him so much, and he always had such joy. I ate lunch with him a few months ago along with Karen Sloan. Any time he was in town, we would try to connect. Huge loss for all.

“Garry always connected people of all ages and all backgrounds. He had such passion for his family, friends, his profession and was gifted on many levels, always kind and fun, too.”

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