Died On This Date (May 1, 2009) Erika Roman / Popular Orlando Disc Jockey
themusicsover Ericka Roman
DOB Unknown – May 1, 2009
Erika Roman was a popular radio personality at Orlando’s Power 95.3 FM where she hosted the morning show. Born in New York City, Roman began her radio career while still in college where she was a co-host at Stonybrook University’s WUSB. She also worked at Fever Records where she promoted their artists at night clubs and other events while still in college. Later, Roman went to work as a co-host with Ed Lover and Dr. Dre on Hot 97’s morning show. In 2006, Roman went to work at Power 95.3 in Orlando. Roman was killed on May 1, 2009 in a single car accident while trying to avoid a discarded piece of furniture in the road. She was 31.
DJ Hideo was a very popular and highly respected Los Angeles DJ who is perhaps best remembered as the mix show director, production assistant and on-air turntablist at local powerhouse radio station, KKBT, “The Beat.” While there, Hideo build a sizable following thanks to his on-air spinning for the popular Steve Harvey and John Salley programs, among others. Hideo became a key fixture of L.A.’s hip hop scene while performing with some of the biggest names of the genre as well as DJ’ing at high-profile events. Throughout the years, he has opened for the likes of Coolio, Ludacris and Xzibit. He also produced and hosted the West Coast Takeover show on Sirius/XM. By doing all this and more, Hideo rightfully earned the moniker of “The Hardest Working DJ On The West Coast.” On April 24, 2010, DJ Hideo, age 42, died after a long struggle with colon and liver cancer.
Ron Lundy was a popular disc jockey in New York City for the better part of thirty years. He hosted the coveted mid-day slot at such powerhouse stations as WABC and WCBS from the mid ’60s through his retirement during the mid ’90s. Lundy was 75 when he suffered a fatal heart attack on March 15, 2010.
Chuck Niles was a popular and extremely knowledgeable jazz radio disc jockey who entertained and educated Los Angeles, California music fans for the better part of 50 years. Known by such nicknames as “Mr. Jazz,” Niles could be heard throughout much of Southern California on influential jazz and blues station KKJZ for the last fourteen years of his life. After moving to Los Angeles as a young man, Niles dabbled in acting, even landing a bit part in Breakfast At Tiffany’s. Throughout his long and fruitful years on the air in L.A., he worked at such stations as KHJ, KBCO (later KKGO), and eventually KLON which became KKJZ, one of the most famous jazz and blues stations in the United States. Over the years, Niles was memorialized in songs like Horace Silvers’ “The Hippest Cat In Hollywood,” 
Richard Pegue was a popular Chicago R&B radio disc jockey for the better part of forty years. He also penned a handful of R&B songs that managed to get recorded. Pegue was just eleven when he first took an interest to the broadcast medium, thanks to a reel-to-reel tape recorder that was given to him by his grandmother. By his teens, he was DJ’ing local parties and dances. Before long, Pegue was spinning records at radio stations throughout Chicago and Indiana. During the late ’80s he helped develop the popular “urban oldies” format. He continued working in radio into the 2000s. Richard Pegue was 66 when he passed away on March 2, 2009.