Simon Crouch dead at 67

 

Simon Crouch, who had a passion for agriculture while working almost 40 years in a variety of Chatham-Kent news media jobs. He was 67.

He was a radio producer, wrote a newswriter, hosted a talk show and was a television reporter.

Kim Cooper, a long-time active member of the agricultural community in Chatham-Kent, said Crouch will be remembered as someone who carried the torch from local farm broadcasting pioneer Harold Smith.

"Simon was kind of the second voice of agriculture in Chatham-Kent," said Cooper. "He was a proponent of helping any way he could... I always could count on Simon if there was something I needed to get into the press about different agriculture matters or issues. Simon was always there."