[78-L] Rich Conaty1954-2016 RIP

[Jamie Kelly]

Yes a very sad loss and so young.


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[mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Elizabeth McLeod
Sent: Tuesday, 3 January 2017 5:44 AM
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Subject: Re: [78-L] Rich Conaty1954-2016 RIP


At a time when the music and culture of the prewar era is all but completely
forgotten, he is a tremendous loss to those of us trying to keep it alive.
There was nothing else quite like his program.

Elizabeth.

On 1/1/17 11:10 AM, "Doug Mackie" <carl.lefong at verizon.net.invalid> wrote:

> 
> Rich Conaty, host of the "The Big Broadcast", a vintage music show on 
> Fordham University's WFUV FM for four decades, died of cancer on 
> Friday, 30 December at age 62:
> 
> https://www.facebook.com/groups/35066591007/
> 
> http://www.wfuv.org/content/rich-conaty-1954-2016
> 
> Here's a 2010 article about Rich from the New York Times:
> 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/automobiles/collectibles/07EGO.html
> 
> Rich was a 78 collector and a regular at the 78 Bash in central NJ for 
> decades.  His knowledge of and enthusiasm for the music of the 1920's 
> and early 1930's was unsurpassed by anyone I ever knew.  He also had a 
> delightful sense of humor, which came across on his show and in 
> person.  He will be sorely missed by me and by his legion of fans.
> 
>  I don't recall Rich posting to this list, but I suspect that some of 
> you either knew him or of him.  I knew him since the mid 1970's.  Rich 
> was a dear friend, although in recent years I saw him only at the Bash
each June.
> 
> Doug Mackie
> Princeton, NJ
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