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| Beloved Chicago radio host Doug Banks dies, age 57 |
Beloved Chicago radio host Doug Banks dies, age 57
Longtime Chicago radio personality Doug Banks, frequently declared as a radio legend, has died suddenly, one of his stations appear Monday. He was 57.Banks formed at Chicago's V103 and WGCI, had a nationally amalgamated show, appeared on ABC7's 190 North, and already fabricated a bedfellow actualization on Damon Wayans' ball My Wife and Kids.
The could cause of afterlife was not clearly appear but he had continued suffered from diabetes and ABC7 appear he died of complications from diabetes.
The account was appear by V103 on Facebook and Twitter.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel paid accolade on Twitter, adage his communicable personality, accompanying with affection and perspective, "brought joy to endless Chicagoans and larboard an enduring appulse on our city."
Calvin Douglas Banks, Jr was built-in in Philadelphia and aloft in Detroit, according to his bio on his website and his base website. He started his radio career at his top academy radio base and after formed at stations in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Oakland and eventually Chicago.
For 16 years, until 1997, he hosted a nationally amalgamated radio show, ambrosial abnormally to a urban, atramentous audience. Along with accessory DeDe McGuire, his actualization became one of the top-rated amalgamated burghal programs in the country, with his signature Adult Conversations and Dear Doug belletrist from listeners.
His actualization and agreeable card accept been compared to Tom Joyner's and Steve Harvey's shows.
In 2008, he launched a new afternoon actualization on V103, and in 2010, confused the actualization to American Burghal Networks and renamed it The Doug Banks Show.
He aswell fabricated a bedfellow actualization on the ball My Wife and Kids
His admirers took to Twitter to mourn.
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