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One of Boston radio greats Larry Glick passed away last night at the age of 87. Glick retired from Boston radio in 1992 but in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s he was a household name with a cult-like following among late night radio buffs with his overnight show reaching close to 40 states and eastern Canada thanks to the powerful, clear-channel WBZ AM 1030’s 50,00watt signal. Glick was born in Roxbury and drove a cab while studying radio at Emerson College. After his graduation, he began radio career working for WLMH radio in Laconia, NH. Most of the 1950's Glick...

For those of us who grew up in New England and listened to the radio, Larry Glick is a legend. Recently, I became a little nostalgic for those times and did a Google search for Larry. I found a clip of one of his most famous calls "The Orangutan." A gentleman from the South ('BZs signal reached a large portion of the country) called in with a story about a guy who bought an orangutan for a pet after watching the movie "Every Which Way But Loose" and things went from bad to worse. Click (Glick?) here for the audio....