Sad news from Boston, where radio host David Brudnoy is about to die [has died 12/9/04 at the age of 64]. The Boston Globe reports:
As recently as Monday, Brudnoy was hosting his three-hour show on WBZ-AM. Last Thursday, he was still holding classes at Boston University, where he has taught part time for years and was elevated to a full professorship this year.
But exhausted and in pain, he checked himself into Mass. General on Friday, and a battery of tests revealed that the Merkel cell carcinoma that was in remission for the past year had reappeared in his vital organs, and doctors told him there was little they could do. Facing liver and kidney failure, Brudnoy has told doctors to treat his pain, not his disease.
Brudnoy had been sick on and off with AIDS and cancer since 1994, "often breaking free from the clutches of death to return to the airwaves, to BU, and to his favored Starbucks on Newbury Street in what seemed a matter of weeks." The Globe's description of his on-air style gets it just right:
In an age of radio hosts who try to achieve high ratings by slinging brutal insults against public officials and athletes, Brudnoy has always stood a world apart. A self-described libertarian, he appears as consumed by curiosity as by opinion. He is the rare host who reads the books of his author-guests. And he sheaths his most pointed questions to politicians in politesse.
The WBZ Web site has more on Brudnoy, including an interview with him yesterday conducted by fellow host Gary LaPierre.
We met Brudnoy twice, both when we were a guest on his show. In 2002 we took a break from a vacation to join him in his Boston studio for an hour to discuss current events, especially the impending liberation of Iraq. One point of disagreement was the French: We maintained they would eventually cave in and go along with America; he was much more skeptical, and of course he turned out to be right.
This past July we stopped by the WBZ booth at the Democratic National Convention and he interviewed us about "Presidential Leadership: Rating the Best and the Worst in the White House." He did not seem well then; his cancer treatment had affected his voice. Brudnoy sometimes did his program from his home, and he invited us there for the next interview. Alas, that interview will not take place.
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Date: 2004-12-09 07:35 am (UTC)Всё, конец :-(
Date: 2004-12-10 07:26 am (UTC)Sad news from Boston, where radio host David Brudnoy is about to die [has died 12/9/04 at the age of 64]. The Boston Globe reports:
As recently as Monday, Brudnoy was hosting his three-hour show on WBZ-AM. Last Thursday, he was still holding classes at Boston University, where he has taught part time for years and was elevated to a full professorship this year.
But exhausted and in pain, he checked himself into Mass. General on Friday, and a battery of tests revealed that the Merkel cell carcinoma that was in remission for the past year had reappeared in his vital organs, and doctors told him there was little they could do. Facing liver and kidney failure, Brudnoy has told doctors to treat his pain, not his disease.
Brudnoy had been sick on and off with AIDS and cancer since 1994, "often breaking free from the clutches of death to return to the airwaves, to BU, and to his favored Starbucks on Newbury Street in what seemed a matter of weeks." The Globe's description of his on-air style gets it just right:
In an age of radio hosts who try to achieve high ratings by slinging brutal insults against public officials and athletes, Brudnoy has always stood a world apart. A self-described libertarian, he appears as consumed by curiosity as by opinion. He is the rare host who reads the books of his author-guests. And he sheaths his most pointed questions to politicians in politesse.
The WBZ Web site has more on Brudnoy, including an interview with him yesterday conducted by fellow host Gary LaPierre.
We met Brudnoy twice, both when we were a guest on his show. In 2002 we took a break from a vacation to join him in his Boston studio for an hour to discuss current events, especially the impending liberation of Iraq. One point of disagreement was the French: We maintained they would eventually cave in and go along with America; he was much more skeptical, and of course he turned out to be right.
This past July we stopped by the WBZ booth at the Democratic National Convention and he interviewed us about "Presidential Leadership: Rating the Best and the Worst in the White House." He did not seem well then; his cancer treatment had affected his voice. Brudnoy sometimes did his program from his home, and he invited us there for the next interview. Alas, that interview will not take place.