Art Laboe, a pioneering DJ credited with desegregating Southern California's airwaves and popularizing 'oldies but goodies,' has died at 97.
Generations of Californians have never known a time without Art Laboe – spinning records on air, dedicating songs to dedicated listeners and turning younger audiophiles onto “oldies but goodies.” But after nearly 80 years on the air, Laboe, a legendary DJ and beloved Los Angeles personality, has hung up his microphone for good. Laboe died on Friday after a short bout of pneumonia, his spokesperson Joanna Morones confirmed to CNN. He was 97.
It was one of the few places at the time when Mexican Americans, as well as other people of color, living in Los Angeles could find “a medium through which their voices could be heard,” wrote Anthony Macias, University of California, Riverside professor, in 2004. Also among those receiving dedications – prisoners. Laboe regularly fielded requests from listeners whose loved ones were serving time.
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