Patrick McGrady was born on 17 July 1932 in Shelton, Washington, USA. He was married to Colleen Bennett and Elizabeth Rosenbaum. He died on 12 December 2003 in Seattle, Washington, USA.
Founded CANHELP, a cancer treatment resource service, after the death of his father Pat McGrady (former science editor for the American Cancer Society) from colon cancer in 1979.