Radio Legend Dies

It's been announced that Chicago Radio Legend Wally Phillips...whom Craig grew up listening to, and Tommie is a big fan of...has passed away after a battle with Alzheimer's Disease.

WGN has a nice tribute at their website: clickity below.

Phillips' delivery occasionally had an edge to it, like the time he tracked down formal-wear mogul Ben Gingiss on a cruise ship on the Pacific Ocean and got him on the phone, saying "We're down here at the store. . . . Where do you keep the fire extinguisher?" More typical was the morning when he started his broadcast by chatting with farm reporter Orion Samuelson about the coming Stomach Rumbling Finals in Stuttgart, Germany.