DJ DIES MID-SHOW

A British radio DJ died of a suspected heart attack on the air Monday during his morning show. Tim Gough (probably rhymes with “off”), 55, was an hour into the show on GenX Radio Suffolk – 7:50 in the morning – when the music stopped halfway through the song “Grey Day” by Madness. (* It never charted in the US – went to #4 in the UK in 1981 and that was it.) The song resumed a few minutes later, but the DJ did not. The station later confirmed he had passed away, saying: “It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to inform you, our dear friend and breakfast host Tim Gough passed away this morning while presenting his program. Tim was doing what he loved. He was 55 years old. RIP, buddy. Now, here’s Tom Petty.” (* Just kidding about the Tom Petty part!) Some listeners noted that, after there was some dead air, the station’s auto-backup kicked in and it played “Play That Funky Music ’till I die” twice in the hour after he passed.
* Hmmm… dead air.
* Sounds like it was an oldies station all around.
* Meanwhile the traffic guy’s thinking, “What’s taking him so long getting to me?
* That’s probably a better way to go than the program director going, “Tim, can you come talk to me after your show today?”
* The station went from morning DJ to mourning the DJ.
* Well, great, now their control room’s haunted.