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Southern California's pioneering DJ Art Laboe dies at age 97

NPR | By Tom Dreisbach
Published October 11, 2022 at 4:49 PM EDT

Pioneering DJ Art Laboe, who spent seven decades on the air in Southern California, died Friday at age 97.

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