Major Mudd

[Kevin Vahey]

I believe Norm Prescott passed. Off top of my head I would say Fred B
Cole is #1 with Don Kent and Don Gillis in the mix as is Fred Cusick.
Art Lake in Providence may have record of longest on air in NE still
alive.

On 6/16/07, Doug Drown <revdoug1@verizon.net> wrote:
> This raises an interesting question: Who are the senior Boston area
> broadcasting personalities still with us, either still in greater Boston or
> not, and how old are they? --- I'm thinking of people like Jess Cain, Dave
> Maynard, Norm Prescott, Frank Avruch, Roy Leonard, Dick Tucker(!! --- I had
> no idea until fairly recently). . .  Who would be the "elder statesman"
> (stateswoman)?
>
> -Doug
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Donna Halper" <dlh@donnahalper.com>
> To: "Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@gmail.com>
> Cc: <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
> Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 6:09 PM
> Subject: Re: Major Mudd
>
>
> > At 04:05 PM 6/16/2007, Kevin Vahey wrote:
> > >Donna
> > >
> > >Is the reporter on the Major Mudd story Bill Harrington still alive? I
> > >seem to recall that he passed away a few years ago.
> >
> > Bill passed away in 1998 at the age of 72.  I keep an obit file of
> > when most of the Boston broadcasters from earlier times passed away,
> > so if you need the exact date, I have it.  Major Mudd (Ed McDonnell)
> > died in October 1979-- he was only 53...
> >
>
>