Died On This Date (July 22, 2010) Dick Buckley / Popular Jazz Radio Host
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August 26, 1925 – July 22, 2010
Dick Buckley was a radio personality who, since 1956, hosted a popular jazz program that focused on jazz’s golden era, the ’30s and ’40s. His program, Jazz With Dick Buckley, ran on Chicago’s WBEZ from 1977 until his retirement in 2008. Buckley was known for having an exceptionally lush and deep radio voice and for having a vast knowledge of jazz. Dick Buckley was 85 when he died of complications from pneumonia on July 22, 2010.
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