Legendary R&B Oldies Radio Broadcaster Art Laboe Passes At 97
Legendary radio pioneer ART LABOE, who added the phrase "oldies but goodies" to the broadcast lexicon, and helped desegregate Southern California with his ethnically diverse live shows, died peacefully at his home in PALM SPRINGS, CA, FRIDAY night (10/7) at the age of 97 after a bout of pneumonia. The broadcast veteran had just marked 79 years as an on-air radio personality in SEPTEMBER, giving him the record for the longest continuous period of being a ...
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