Jim Mitchell - R.I.P.

[Larry Weil]

I've been in that store, but never realized the guy was a news broadcaster.
Nice guy, as I remember.

Larry Weil
Lake Wobegone, NH
 

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> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 6:36 AM
> To: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> Subject: Jim Mitchell - R.I.P.
> 
> The NH Union Leader reports longtime Boston news broadcaster 
> Jim Mitchell was found dead in his Warner, NH store Wednesday 
> June 4th.  WBZ Radio news director Peter Casey is quoted as 
> saying they believe Mitchell collapsed between 8:00-9:15 a.m.
> 
> The article says Mitchell and his sister owned "Main Street 
> Bookends," a book store in Warner.  His Boston radio debut 
> was at WHDH in 1979, but he anchored weekend news at WBZ for 
> a decade.  Mitchell was only 58.
> 
> Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
> 
> Ed Brouder
> Manchester, NH
> 
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