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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Adrian Cronauer, the man whose military radio antics inspired a character played by Robin Williams in the film “Good Morning, Vietnam,” has died. He was 79. Mary Muse, the wife of his stepson Michael Muse, said Thursday that Cronauer died Wednesday from an age-related illness. He had lived in Troutville, Virginia, and died at a local nursing home, she said. During his service as a U.S. Air Force sergeant in Vietnam in 1965 and 1966, Cronauer opened his Armed Forces Radio show with the phrase, “Goooooood morning, Vietnam!”

Adrian Cronauer, a disc jockey, actor and Pentagon adviser whose story as a radio host during the Vietnam War inspired the 1987 film “Good Morning, Vietnam,” helping make its star Robin Williams a household name, died Wednesday in Troutville. He was 79. His death was confirmed by Jeff Hunt, a longtime Roanoke radio announcer who hired Cronauer at Roanoke FM station WPVR. He said Cronauer had been in a nursing home. “Goooooooood morning Vietnam,” was the signature sign-on Cronauer used hosting “Dawn Buster” from 1965-6 in Saigon. Williams’ portrayal of the fictional Cronauer cemented the line in American culture, associating...

Famous DJ Cronauer now works to bring POWs home By EARL WATT Southwest Daily Times In 1979, Adrian Cronauer had an idea. "MASH" was the No. 1 television sitcom, and "WKRP" was extremely popular as well. Cronauer, an Armed Forces disc jockey during the Vietnam conflict, thought that combining the MASH and WKRP formats, and centering them around Vietnam, would be entertaining. "The problem was, in 1979, no one thought you could do a comedy about Vietnam," Cronauer said while visiting Liberal for the USO show, Command Performance," at the Mid-America Air Museum slated to begin at 7 tonight. His...

I am listening to a replay of a local radio show here in Omaha, Nebraska, and they had Adrian Cronauer as a guest on the show this morning. It was so cool hearing him talk about the work he's doing for Military Missing persons and he even said "Goooooooooooooooooooooooood morning, Vietnam!" so we could all hear how he actually did it! It was really neat. It took him about 20 seconds to say it, that's how long he held the "good" out. He's actually in Omaha today and what they do is they contact all the people in the area...

Vietnam War Disc Jockey Cronauer Praises Families of MIAs By Rudi Williams American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, June 15, 2005 – The man who became famous bellowing "Good morning, Vietnam!" to his military radio audience today praised the families of servicemembers still listed as missing in action in Southeast Asia. Adrian Cronauer of "Good Morning, Vietnam" fame told a gathering of more than 270 Vietnam War era families that their legacy set an example for Korean War and World War II families to form their own family organizations. Photo by Rudi Williams (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. In...

  Army broadcaster’s morale boosted with call from Adrian Cronauer By Karla L. Gonzalez Sgt. Sandra L. Mercado, American Forces NetworkCourtesy Photo LOS ANGELES (Army News Service, Aug. 20) --What started out as a routine radio interview in mid-July ended up as a chance-of-a-lifetime meeting for one U.S. Army Reserve broadcast journalist. Sgt. Sandra L. Mercado, 22, with the American Forces Network, Iraq, spent the first six months of her deployment as the radio station’s morning show disc jockey -- so doing an interview with a Los Angeles radio station seemed old hat to her. “I’ve done a few...