Gary LeDrew

Gary LeDrew (born July 4, 1942) is a Canadian blogger. He was a Toronto nightclub owner in the 1960s and 1970s. He was also the creator of the famous Grossman's peace sign T-shirt.
Biography
Early life
Gary Winston LeDrew was born on July 4, 1942 in Montreal, Quebec. As a child, he lived on the Louisbourg lighthouse and with an aunt in Montreal before his family settled in Uxbridge, Ontario in 1948. He attended Uxbridge Secondary School.
Career
Richard Flohill wrote one of his first articles for the Toronto Star about him.
LeDrew was married, and moved to back to Uxbridge for a few years where he was chairman of the Uxbridge Centennial Committee in 1972. He ran away to sea for the second time at 33 after his marriage ended.
During the 1970s, LeDrew operated two after hours clubs. Gary's Bar was visited by the likes of The Rolling Stones, Richard Hatfield, Burton Cummings, Ian Tyson and MacLean & MacLean. Murray McLauchlan wrote a song about the bar titled "Lady Luck". LeDrew also managed Kid Bastiens Camelia Band for a while.
LeDrew worked in the movie industry in the early 1980s as an assistant producer, producer and writer. Other things LeDrew did included spending 3 months drinking with Richard Burton, working as a highly paid professional Santa Claus starting on the Simpsons, Joining WiseGuy computers as an executive buying software and owning a computer business that sells computers, designs web pages, etc.
LeDrew moved back to Louisbourg in 2004.

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