alt obits guy 3,383 Posted June 23 Narsai David, a legendary San Francisco radio personality and chef dubbed "King of the Culinary Airwaves", has died. He was 87. David suffered a fall last year from which he never fully recovered. https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/bay-area-narsai-david-dies-19530579.php 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,383 Posted July 2 Rick Cluff, who hosted the CBC's Vancouver morning show for decades until his retirement in late 2017, part of his 41-year career, has died. He was 74. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/cbc-radio-rick-cluff-dies-74-1.7168424 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,383 Posted July 5 Lori Paris, a familiar voice on Canadian radio as an anchor and reporter for Canadian Press, has died. She was 46. Paris developed necrotizing fasciitis after falling while walking her dog. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/lori-paris-much-loved-canadian-press-newscaster-and-supervisor-dead-at-46/article_47b9610d-9f7e-5fda-828a-dfea7d089e50.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Comped 534 Posted July 5 5 hours ago, alt obits guy said: Lori Paris, a familiar voice on Canadian radio as an anchor and reporter for Canadian Press, has died. She was 46. Paris developed necrotizing fasciitis after falling while walking her dog. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/lori-paris-much-loved-canadian-press-newscaster-and-supervisor-dead-at-46/article_47b9610d-9f7e-5fda-828a-dfea7d089e50.html How do you get that from that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,383 Posted July 5 49 minutes ago, Comped said: How do you get that from that? My best guess is a bacterial infection from the fall, combined with a weakened immune system . None of the articles I've scanned on her death has mentioned anything specific regarding past health scares. Could've just been one of those things. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,383 Posted July 9 Dave Boxer, a fixture of Montreal radio station CFCF in the 1960s, has died. He was 89. Boxer was the evening host of what was then a contemporary hit radio station, one which ceased operations in early 2010. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/dave-boxer-montreal-s-cool-daddio-on-the-raddio-dies-at-89-1.6953623 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,383 Posted July 25 Adrian Flannelly, dubbed the "King of Irish Radio", has died. He was 81 or 82. Flannelly's eponymous show had been the longest-running Irish radio program in America. He signed off in August 2023 after 54 years. https://www.irishcentral.com/news/adrian-flannelly-died Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
One shot Paddy 1,209 Posted July 27 https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/a-lynchpin-in-local-broadcasting-family-lead-tributes-to-bbc-presenter-john-bennett-82/a1727973012.html?utm_campaign=webpush&utm_medium=push&utm_source=beltel BBC Radio Ulster stalwart John Bennett dead at 82. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimbean1121 238 Posted July 30 sports commentator and radio show host Dave Cokin has died after a 14 month cancer battle 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
polar duck 886 Posted August 31 Washington Capitals announcer John Walton diagnosed with colon cancer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dead Wait 1,156 Posted September 17 Stage 1 cancer diagnosis for Jamie Theakston https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/30477641/jamie-theakston-cancer-heart-radio/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
One shot Paddy 1,209 Posted October 31 Former Downtown radio presenter Candy Devine dead at 85, I didn't know that she had moved back to Australia. She used to do TV adds for Candy washing machines in the 80s with the line "Hi I'm Candy and so is this" but I will always remember the time she was pranked on air with the recipe for dingleberry pie https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/tributes-as-former-downtown-radio-star-candy-devine-dies/a1690327268.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,383 Posted December 12 Clive Robertson, an Australian radio legend, has died. He was 78. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14184353/Clive-Robertson-dies-aged-78.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,628 Posted Saturday at 00:23 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14189461/BBC-Radio-1-icon-Malcom-Brown-worked-alongside-DJ-Steve-Wright-dies-tributes-pour-in.html Former BBC Radio 1 producer Malcom Brown has died Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
