Larry Glick

Larry Glick
Born (1922-05-16)May 16, 1922
Massachusetts, US
Died March 26, 2009(2009-03-26) (aged 86)
Boca Raton Community Hospital, Boca Raton, Florida
Other names "Commander" Glick; "Streeter" Glick
Education Roxbury Memorial High School, Roxbury, MA
Alma mater Emerson College, Boston
Occupation Radio announcer
Years active 40+
Known for Boston-based radio talk show; "The Story Behind the Story"
Notable work Comedy Album "Larry Glick? Let Me Check."
Awards Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame, 2008

Larry Glick (May 16, 1922 – March 26, 2009) [1] was an American talk radio host, based in Boston, Massachusetts, whose long-running show on WBZ and later WHDH became a New England institution in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

Prior to ending its run on WHDH in 1992, Glick's show went out first over WMEX in 1965. By 1967, he had been hired by WBZ, where he would spend the next 20 years.[2]

After his retirement from the air and as late as 2007, Larry was the Ambassador of Good Will for the Legal Seafood Restaurant in the Boca Raton (Florida) Mall. In September 2008, he traveled back to Dedham, Massachusetts for his induction into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame[3] at Massasoit Community College. His acceptance speech "brought the house down".[4]

Outside of his broadcasting career, Larry pursued pilot training and was a founding partner in a commercial hypnotherapy business [5] in Brookline, Massachusetts, to help people quit smoking and with weight loss.

Larry died on March 26, 2009 following 10 hours of open-heart surgery, when complications arose and the doctors were unable to revive him. In Boston, his obituary ran March 28, 2009 in the Boston Globe.[6]

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