American disc jockey, radio producer, and writer Jim Ladd has passed away at the age of 75. He died on December 16, 2023. He was one of the last notable remaining freeform rock DJs in United States commercial radio.
Jim Ladd Cause of death
Jim Ladd suddenly died on Sunday as a result of a heart attack.
Jim Ladd obituary
Jim Ladd was born on January 17, 1948, in the United States. He began his career in 1969 at KNAC, a small Long Beach rock station. After two years there, he moved to Los Angeles station KLOS.
In 1974 he moved to KMET, known to its legions of listeners as “The Mighty Met”, where he would remain for most of the next 13 years (returning to KLOS in 1984, but going back to KMET again, 2 months before they changed format), while also hosting and producing Innerview, an hour-long nationally syndicated interview program that aired during the same period.
Jim Ladd is survived by his wife Helene Hodge-Ladd who is a writer, poet and musician.
Source: Ghanafuo.com
