mojosmom

He was 96 years old, had the fullest life of anyone I know, and I'm sitting here bawling like a baby. I guess it's at least in part because I grew up listening to his interviews on WFMT, and the station has never seemed the same since he left it. I can't remember a time when he wasn't a presence in my life, through his radio show, his books, and his readings, that gravelly voice, that laugh both instantly recognizable. He didn't invent oral history, but he sure as heck made it what it is today. He was Chicago, he was Everyman, he was unique.

If there is a God, Studs is interviewing her right now.

Link to Tribune Obit.

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