On December 31, 2022, Dori Monson, a well-known and seasoned radio personality from Seattle, passed away. KIRO Newsradio announced Dori’s passing and noted that she was only 61 years old.
The immediate family of Dori Monson, as well as the KIRO Newsradio family and Bonneville International Corporation, are extremely grieved to report Dori’s unexpected passing on Saturday night at a Seattle hospital.
Additionally, KIRO Newsradio claimed that Monson has experienced health problems recently. He also experienced a cardiac attack on December 29, 2022, which required hospitalization.
Where is Dori Monson from? Where did Dori Monson grow up?
Monson, a Seattle resident of Icelandic ancestry, was brought up in the predominantly Scandinavian neighborhood of Ballard. He completed high school at Ballard. He worked as the play-by-play announcer for Husky football on campus broadcaster KCMU while a student at the University of Washington.
Monson started his professional broadcasting career as a sports producer at KING-TV and a sports reporter and host at KING AM after longtime Seattle broadcaster Bill O’Mara introduced him to King Broadcasting owner Dorothy Bullitt. He later moved to KIRO-FM 100.7 when the Pat Cashman Show changed stations in 1994.
