CONDOLENCES – Page 9 – RAMP – Radio and Music Pros

Remembering Detroit Icon Lee Alan

October 30, 2024October 31, 2024 kevincarter WXYZ

• Legendary longtime Detroit radio personality, marketer and promoter Lee Alan, known to his legions of fans as “Lee Alan

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Remembering Mark Strauss

October 28, 2024October 28, 2024 kevincarter WAKY

• We’ve lost yet another radio vet — Mark Strauss, a fixture on Louisville radio since the early ’80s, most

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Condolences: Grateful Dead’s Phil Lesh

October 25, 2024October 28, 2024 kevincarter Grateful Dead

• Phil Lesh, whose expansive approach to the bass as a founding member of the Grateful Dead made him one

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Remembering Jen Myers

October 25, 2024October 25, 2024 kevincarter KEZK, KYKY

• Our industry has suffered yet another tragic loss — Jen Myers, a.k.a. Jennifer Marie Farmer, former longtime morning host

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Liam Payne, Ex-One Direction, Dies In Hotel Fall

October 16, 2024October 17, 2024 kevincarter One Directtion

• Liam Payne, former member of British pop band One Direction, died Wednesday at the age of 31 after falling

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Remembering Wanda Smith

October 13, 2024 kevincarter Audacy, WVEE

• Over the weekend we learned of the passing of longtime Atlanta radio veteran and comedienne Wanda Smith, best known

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Remembering Liz Wilde

October 13, 2024 kevincarter

• On Wednesday, October 9, the radio industry lost one of its most captivating voices, Liz Wilde, who passed away

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Remembering JJ Jeffrey

October 10, 2024 kevincarter

• We’ve lost another legend — JJ Jeffrey, former Top 40 jock-turned successful station owner, has passed away in Maine

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Remembering Cissy Houston

October 7, 2024 kevincarter Cissy Houston, Whitney Houston

• Emily “Cissy” Houston, Grammy Award-winning Gospel singer and the mother of the late Whitney Houston, died Monday morning, Oct.

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Remembering Ben Manilla

October 7, 2024October 7, 2024 kevincarter

• Ben Manilla, award-winning radio producer, audio entrepreneur, pioneering disc jockey and broadcast journalism educator, passed away on Monday, Sept.