Monday 29 July 2013

Radio host Kidd Kraddick dies at golf tournament, Dallas media report

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Kidd Kraddick, the host of the popular syndicated radio show that airs locally on B97-FM, died at a charity golf tournament in Gretna on Saturday, July 27, 2013. (You Tube)

The popular syndicated radio host Kidd Kraddick, based in Dallas and heard in New Orleans on B-97-FM, died Saturday afternoon in New Orleans, according to The Dallas Morning News and WFAA-TV in Dallas. WFAA reported that Kraddick, 53, died at a charity golf tournament in Gretna.

"It has been confirmed that Kidd Kraddick passed away today in New Orleans at a golf tournament organized to raise money for his beloved Kidd's Kids charity," Kraddick's employer, Clear Channel, said in a statement reported by?The Morning News.?The cause of death has not been released.

Kraddick had hosted the radio show, which is syndicated from Dallas-area KISS-FM, since 1992. He had won numerous awards, including the 1998 Marconi Award for Major Market Radio Personality of the Year.

B-97 hosted an on-air tribute to Kraddick late Saturday night.?The radio station has also set up an online memory board on its website.

Source: http://www.nola.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/07/dallas_tv_station_reporting_ki.html

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