Sad News: David Brudnoy Very Ill

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[Conservomax]

WBZ'S David Brudnoy is saying good-bye to his friends. After living with AIDS for years, David’s cancer, merckle cell carcinoma has spread to his liver and kidneys and his prognosis at Mass General Hospital is not good.

All too often in the news business, its not good news we have to report and this is one of those stories. WBZ's Gary LaPierre had an extended conversation today with a very prominent member of our family here at WBZ, Dr. David Brudnoy.

David Brudnoy asked to have this conversation so that he, a nationally prominent radio talk show host, could say farewell to you... his listening public, his family.

Simply put and to the point, David Brudnoy is looking death straight in the eye today and is saying to his family... his listeners, I’m ready. It was very apparent when I stepped into David’s room at the Mass General today that one of the giant survivors of this sometimes very unforgiving business is talking to his family that’s you... for the last time.

10-years ago I talked to David, a mere skeleton of a man, fighting back from death by full-blown AIDS. This tough guy won.

A little more than a year ago, a deathbed struggle ensues again for David Brudnoy, merkel-cell carcinoma. He launched another 15 round battle with a rare deadly disease and won... until now. David told us today, he's losing this one. I asked him how its different this time.

David "it's gone below the waist. It’s in the liver and kidneys."

While at times, struggling a bit for the breath to speak, David Brudnoy is always, the open book and I couldn't help by ask why, while standing at deaths door he wants to share it all.

David “You go through a couple of days of that… more pain… pointless. No end.”

Gary: “What you are saying to continue would be just to continue your being for a few more days?”

David: “With morphine and a little oxygen and food. I am not starving myself. I am not asking my doctors to do anything illegal. I wish I could but they won't. I will make it through. My head is completely excepting of this. I am absolutely ready.”

David Brudnoy, as only David could do it, gets the chance to say his final farewells to the world.

David: “I think we in the media often times want everybody else to be frank about themselves but want to be covert about ourselves. My life is truly an open book.”

Gary: “It always has been.”

David: “It has been but more so as I contend with these diseases.”

So tonight, he'll be heard in a bed-side interview with WBZ's Gary LaPierre in what will be his final farewell.

All of us here at WBZ have David Brudnoy in our thoughts and prayers today.

[UncleSam]

" his heavy use of psychedelics as a young man; alcohol abuse; "wild sex with improper strangers," which on a couple of occasions turned violent when Brudnoy picked up psychotics; three-month disability and near death caused by AIDS-related ailments in 1994 (in recounting his bout with shingles, he spares us no details of his "filthy bowel explosions".

 Brudnoy was 54 years old when he suffered his first HIV attack, which finally caused him to reveal his condition. Although there was great local media frenzy, and he received 17,000 letters from his fans, Brudnoy expresses distaste at becoming an AIDS poster boy."

 

[af_vet_1981]

I assumed you had a Biblical cite to bolster your views.

But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

[ladyrustic]

You're the one who said sinners can't be heroes, not me...

I can tell from your comments that you are either 1) not at all a Christian, or 2) a babe in Christ, with as yet little understanding of biblical Christianity.

If it's #1, then you are in exacly the same boat as any unrepentant sinner, homos included. In Gods' eyes a sinner is a sinner, and they're all under judgement of death.

If it's #2, then you have much to learn. Study up, Bucko.

[af_vet_1981]

You're the one who said sinners can't be heroes, not me...

Do you consider yourself honest ?

[Cogadh na Sith]

Too bad he cought 'food poisoning'...

Y'know, bad meat in the can.

[lindor]

The man is dying and you've come here to trash him. Nice.

I wonder if someone will dig up something negative about you when people are remembering the good things you did during your life. Unless of course you've led a perfect life and then it couldn't happen. I'd think they were trashing you and ask them to save it for another day.

[Miss Marple]

Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.

[Hoodlum91]

This makes me so sad. David Brudniy has one of the most beautiful speaking voices. He was perhaps the talk radio personality I could identify by his voice. He was rational, intelligent. I could get lulled into a semi-hypnotic trance listening to his lilting voice, and still learn something.

What a class act...

[BansheeBill]

"If he makes his peace with God,he'll be OK in God's eyes."

Brudnoy is an athiest. He mentioned it in his book and sometimes mentioned it on his radio show.

[Miss Marple]

Perhaps our prayers will change his mind about his atheism. God welcomes all who repent and believe.

[RepoGirl]

This is sad.

[Lurking2Long]

I'm not sure exactly what your screen name implies, but, if it's what I think it is, you need to do more than "make your peace with God"...you must turn from your sins.

Sorry if I am reading more into your screen name than meets the eye...

[Semper Paratus]

God welcomes all who repent and believe.

Only God will know his final thoughts.

[BansheeBill]

His fellow broadcasters are doing a show on the radio about him right now. I heard someone refer to him as an agnostic, which is, I guess, not quite as bad as an atheist. Brudnoy was also said to be asking (in a joking manner) to one of his fellow WBZ broadcasters if he thought there were actually pitchforks in Hell, so he might be having a kind of change of heart.

[Miss Marple]

You are quite right, only God will know his final thoughts. Therefore, we should pray for his conversion, and refrain from passing judgement on him as a person.

[ladyrustic]

Yes, very.

[Conservomax]

I don't see any logic in your comments, are you equating the people he had sex with as innocent victims of some fiendish sex driven predatorial "homo"? (Are you sure he infected anybody?)

If that is the case then maybe you should consider him a victim, surely he wasn't the first person to contract the disease.

Brudnoy is a much loved individual, aside from his personal life, he lived a life most of us should strive to, whether or not you ever listened to him I have no idea, but if you haven't it is your loss, perhaps it would have pried open your mind a little bit and let the darkness out.

[af_vet_1981]

Do you think you know what that means, or are you prepared to release Scott Peterson too ?

[af_vet_1981]

As with Yasser Arafat and Osama Bin Laden