Posted on 01/15/2011 10:31:13 AM PST by tutstar
Raymond Royal Marshall, sidekick and engineer for syndicated talk show host Neal Boortz, has died.
Pete Spriggs, program director for AM750 and now 95.5 FM News/Talk WSB, said he collapsed at his Atlanta home and was pronounced dead at Grady Hospital at about 1 a.m. early Saturday morning.
Assistant Program Director Condace Pressley said it was too soon to pinpoint cause of death. He was 43.
“He was a good man,” she said. “I can’t believe he’s gone.”
Marshall has worked with Boortz for 17 years, according to the WSB Radio biography for Marshall.
A St. Louis native and graduate of the University of Georgia in 1992, he got his start at WSB Radio as a board operator working overnights. Soon after, he joined Boortz as engineer and board operator.
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sad ping
saw you on a Boortz thread and that’s why I’m pinging you
This is a shocker. He seemed like a great guy.
“There are no words available to express my personal sense of loss at the passing of Royal Marshall,” Boortz said in a statement released this morning. “It’s no stretch to say that I loved that man like he was my own brother. Royal had an unmatched sense of humor and a quick mind that made him a natural for radio, and his dedication to his colleagues and friends was only exceeded by his intense dedication to his family. Our program, WSB Radio and the entire Cox family has lost part of its very soul this day.”
This just breaks my heart - he was a treasure.
Way to young to just die suddenly like that.
This is incredibly sad. I just heard about it. He was fun to listen to.
Just, damn..............
RIP Royal
Oh,m I searched the title for mine and it didn’t show up.
It is truly sad. Made me give thanks for the years I’ve lived. He was young.
Yes he was. There was a young black man , Ron McClellan, who was a member of a Christian band called StorysideB who collapsed and it turned out that he had a heart defect that seems to be mostly unique to blacks. He was in his 20’s. We really take our lives for granted a lot of the time.
ditto
I can’t believe this. He, Neal, and Belinda were quite the team! RIP, Royal.
One of neal’s tweets said he was in disbelief. True
I can think of other people I would have preferred demonstrate the fragility of life to us. RIP Royal.
SO YOUNG......OMG!!!!...
HE HAD A BEAUTIFUL VOICE........
I was very sad to read this!
RIP!
Very sad news. Prayers for his family, colleagues and friends.
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