William R. Gruver, 82, passed away on March 10, 2008. He was a noted Phoenix broadcast journalist-commentator at KFYI Radio and Metro Systems Broadcasting as well as a lecturer in communications at ASU, Rio Salado College and many Community Centers around the Valley. He was a graduate of Columbia University and is the author of a respected history of the nation's Democratic Party. He was an advisor and confidante to the late Gov. Edmund G. (Pat) Brown, and later a key staff member for Robert F Kennedy in the senator's brief and tragic presidential campaign of 1968. He was a political "advance man" for three U.S. Presidential Candidates including John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Robert F. (Bobby) Kennedy. During the latter campaign he was standing nearby when Bobby Kennedy was shot by Sirhan Sirhan. Mr. Gruver is survived by his wife, Barbara Anne; 3 daughters and 6 grandchildren.