'Candlepin Bowling' Host
He retired from NewsCenter 5 broadcasts a year after the sale, although his son, Gary Gillis, continued as a sportscaster and sports anchor in the market for the city's Channel 7, which assumed the WHDH-TV call-letters in 1990. Don Gillis would continue to host the Saturday afternoon Candlepin Bowling show on WCVB until its cancellation on January 27, 1996. He was elected to the World Candlepin Bowling Council's Hall of Fame for "extraordinary service" in 1987.
Gillis retired to his home in Falmouth on Cape Cod. During his last years, he suffered from Alzheimer's Disease. He also endured a series of strokes three weeks before his death at home.
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