Jim Ladd

2023 - 12 - 18

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Los Angeles rock radio icon Jim Ladd dies at 75 (CBS News)

Jim Ladd, the disc jockey and producer who championed classic rock for decades and interviewed many of the rock era's top artists in his Los Angeles studios ...

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Jim Ladd Dead: Los Angeles Radio DJ Was 75 (Billboard)

Groundbreaking Los Angeles-based disc jockey Jim Ladd died suddenly Sunday of a heart attack. He was 75.

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Jim Ladd, DJ Who Inspired a Tom Petty Song, Dies at 75 (PEOPLE.com)

Jim Ladd, the radio DJ who inspired Tom Petty's 2002 song "The Last DJ," died on Sunday.

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Jim Ladd Dead: SiriusXM Radio Host, Longtime DJ and Producer ... (Variety)

Ladd's colleague, DJ Meg Griffin, announced the news at the start of Ladd's “Deep Tracks” slot and hosted in his place. SiriusXM confirmed the news to Variety.

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Jim Ladd, legendary radio DJ for KMET and KLOS, dies at 75 (LA Daily News)

Uncle Joe Benson remembers his late FM radio colleague, 'It's very sad.'

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Jim Ladd, famed rock DJ who inspired Tom Petty song, dies at 75 ... (EW.com)

Jim Ladd, the Los Angeles radio icon who inspired Tom Petty's 'The Last DJ,' dies at 75. See tributes from the Doors, Grace Slick, and more.

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Jim Ladd, DJ who was a fixture of L.A. rock radio, dies at 75 (Los Angeles Times)

Jim Ladd spun vinyl and interviewed rock stars on L.A. stations KLOS and KMET during the heyday of free-form FM radio, and was immortalized on Tom Petty's ...

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Jim Ladd Dead: Radio DJ, SiriusXM Host Was 75 (Hollywood Reporter)

Jim Ladd, the famed rock radio disc jockey in 1970s Los Angeles who went on to host a show on SiriusXM, has died. He was 75.

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Jim Ladd Remembered As 'Professional Rebel' Who Wove Radio ... (insideradio.com)

Jim Ladd, the legendary rock personality known for his freeform approach to radio and close ties with recording artists, died this past weekend after ...

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Pioneering Freeform Rock DJ Jim Ladd Dead At 75 (Stereogum)

Jim Ladd was one of the DJs who took true advantage of the relaxed rules on FM radio in the late '60s. Before a 1964 FCC ruling, FM stations would simply ...

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Legendary classic rock LA radio DJ Jim Ladd dies at age 75 (NBC Southern California)

Flowers will be placed Tuesday on the Hollywood Walk of Fame star of Jim Ladd as Los Angeles mourns a radio legend.

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