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Flash - Jacksonville - Don Gerrard, Passed away 96.9 FM

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RockyWShore

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Flash - Jacksonville - Don Gerrard, Passed away 96.9 FM

:-[

My wife who is out on the road as a visiting nurse heading for her office in Ormond Beach phoned me a couple of hours ago, reporting the "DON GERRARD" morning host of Eagle 96.9 Jax has passed away. I recall Don being in the news booth at WOKV 690 as well. Age 53. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family. I don't know him personally, but was enthralled to listen to him on The Eagle after being familiar with him doing news on WOKV 690 AM.

I don't have any airchecks of Don on 96.9 but I think I do on WOKV 690 doing news, buried in a vast selection of tapes minidiscs and CDs.

Causes me to reflect back on the passing of another 96.9 fixture in Jax (etc) radio Smokin' Joe Beamer who passed from cancer and also, A WGSR and WCGL (etc?) Alum, Nathaniel Soulfinger Jackson; both of whom I've documented on tape, too.

Thanks for the Memories, Don.

Rocky W. Shore
WFBO-LP 93.3 FM Flagler Beach, FL Sat. 6-10PM
Flagler's Blizzard of Oldies
 
Re: Flash - Jacksonville - Don Gerrard, Passed away 96.9 FM

Don was a great guy to be around....Always in a good mood and joking around.....worked with him on and off at Cox Radio for the past 4 years.......He will be missed!


Shaun Bailey

Rock105
 
Re: Flash - Jacksonville - Don Gerrard, Passed away 96.9 FM

Don was a great guy...

A friend and I sat across from Don and his wife, Cherie, at the KOOL Christmas party, right before Cox fired everyone.

He had a lot of life ahead of him... too bad it was cut so short...

Kudo's to Don. Thanks for sharing your talent and love for music with us all, for so many years...

Enjoy your wings, my friend...
 
Re: Flash - Jacksonville - Don Gerrard, Passed away 96.9 FM

I will say Don will be missed....he fitted right into The Eagle with his voice and knowledge of the format.......We will miss him

It is sad to lose some one on the local level.

Well...my thoughts and prayers are with everyone.....

Later.
 
Re: Flash - Jacksonville - Don Gerrard, Passed away 96.9 FM

It was my pleasure to work with Don (and his wife) at WOKV for a few years. Not only did Don have a great set of pipes and a successful career, but he was also one of the funniest radio people I've known. His passing is sad, but those of us who got to know him personally will have happy memories of times we shared laughs with him in the studio, out back on the basketball court, or over dinner and a drink.
 
Re: Flash - Jacksonville - Don Gerrard, Passed away 96.9 FM

Any word on a replacement? It will be tough to fill the shoes of a legend.
 
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