Jim Dixon Has Also Died

Kevin Vahey kvahey@gmail.com
Fri Feb 10 16:58:41 EST 2012


The Herald did

http://bostonherald.com/news/obituaries/view/20220209james_brokaw_at_85of_norwell_broadcaster

I sent a message to Roy on FB to let him know and he just replied

Roy Leonard   Thanks, Kevin. I talked to Jim about a year ago and he
wasn't well. With Dave Maynard passing, I hope we don't shoot for that
"3" thing.



On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 2:45 PM, Donna Halper <dlh@donnahalper.com> wrote:
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> On 2/10/2012 1:19 PM, Laurence Glavin wrote:
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>> According to the Richard Davis Funeral Home website, former Boston radio and TV broadcaster Jim Dixon recently died (February 5th). He was a morning co-host for many years with Gus Saunders and Roy Leonard at WNAC-AM 680. (Interesting: his real name was Jim Brokaw).
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> I hope the Boston Globe and Herald do obits on him-- Dave Maynard was much better known, but Jim Dixon had a very strong fan-base and came from a distinguished family! (And yes, I  knew he had been ill for a long time.)



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