Michael Bourne, the legendary radio DJ who spent 37 years hosting 'Singers Unlimited' at Newark's public jazz station WBGO, has died at age 75, the station said.
Published August 23, 2022Michael Bourne, the legendary radio DJ who spent 37 years hosting"Singers Unlimited" at Newark's public jazz station WBGO, has died at age 75, the station said.his daughter told the stationA scholar with a Ph.D. in theatre, Bourne came to New York in the mid-1980s and firmly established himself both at the radio station and in the industry.
"Jazz took me around the world. I can’t complain. That should be on my tombstone: 'He could not complain," WBGO quoted Bourne as telling the jazz magazine DownBeat in 2017.
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