From a Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic whose life was more inspiring than any movie he reviewed to a Radio Hall of Fame disc jockey who redefined the medium for a generation — a photo gallery remembering 10 Chicago media luminaries who left us in 2013.
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Also gone but not forgotten on the Chicago media beat:
- Graham Armstrong radio/record executive
- Bill Bailey disc jockey
- Paul Benzaquin TV/radio host
- Jerry Boulding radio programmer
- Vince Casanova newspaper executive
- Bill Cullerton outdoors expert
- Herb Graham announcer
- Carol Cooling-Kopp television executive
- Bob Kotalik photographer
- Cal Langenberg cinematographer
- Marty McNeeley news anchor
- Dick Mitchell newspaper editor
- Bob Olmstead newspaper reporter
- John Palmer news anchor
- Lee Rodgers radio host
- Cooper Rollow sports editor
- Bob Sanders radio host
- Patricia Shelton fashion editor
- Dick Sutliff radio newsman
- John Vondruska (aka Johnny Von) radio host
- Teshima Walker radio producer