CONDOLENCES – Page 37 – RAMP – Radio and Music Pros

Condolences: Jim Russ

• Our thoughts are with the family, friends and colleagues of Jim Russ, morning traffic anchor for Hearst’s WBAL and

• Flint, MI radio legend Peter C. Cavanaugh, best known for his influence at WTAC-AM 600 and WWCK-FM, passed away

• It is with heavy hearts that we report that Jeff Kelly, West Coast Commercial Production Director for Benztown, died

• Fez Whatley, best known and loved as half of the popular Ron and Fez Show that ran on terrestrial

• We were saddened to learn that veteran programmer Tod Tucker, OM of Cenla Broadcasting’s group in Alexandria, LA died

• Walter Yetnikoff, the colorful and legendarily volatile head of CBS Records during its heyday in the 1970s and ’80s,

• UPDATED: Dusty Hill, one third of ZZ Top, “That Little Ol’ Band From Texas,” for more than 50 years, has

• Joey Jordison, co-founder and longtime drummer of the metal band Slipknot, has died at the age of 46. No

• Biz Markie, the rapper, singer and actor who rose to fame on the power of his memorable 1989 hit,

• Radio visionary Chuck Blore, whose remarkably inventive and cinematic mind created the seemingly three-dimensional concept known as “Color Radio”