R.I.P.: Elizabeth Kilham, Better Known To Listeners As Bette Day

[Joseph_Gallant]

Longtime Boston radio and TV personality Elizabeth Kilham has passed away at the age of 81.

You may know her by her "on-air" name of Bette Day. While she did some television work at WBZ-4 (doing live commercials in the early days of television), she is perhaps best remembered for her stints as a radio personality playing big bands and adult standards at the old WHET-1330 from 1975 to 1978; and then at WXKS-1430 for most of the 1980's. She also worked at Framingham's WKOX back when it was a daytimer at 1190, although I don't know if she was a DJ, news anchor or reporter, or talk-show hostess.

Her last TV appearance was quite recently, in a commercial for Brooksby Village in Peabody, a retirement home at which she lived for the last several years of her life.

This is a link to a Boston Globe obituary (registration may be required) of Mrs. Kilham.

 

[argytunes]

> Longtime Boston radio and TV personality Elizabeth Kilham
> has passed away at the age of 81.
>
> You may know her by her "on-air" name of Bette Day. While
> she did some television work at WBZ-4 (doing live
> commercials in the early days of television), she is perhaps
> best remembered for her stints as a radio personality
> playing big bands and adult standards at the old WHET-1330
> from 1975 to 1978; and then at WXKS-1430 for most of the
> 1980's. She also worked at Framingham's WKOX back when it
> was a daytimer at 1190, although I don't know if she was a
> DJ, news anchor or reporter, or talk-show hostess.
>
> Her last TV appearance was quite recently, in a commercial
> for Broksby Village in Peabody, a retirement home at which
> she lived for the last several years of her life.
>
> This is a link to a Boston Globe obituary (registration may
> be required) of Mrs. Kilham.

And to add my 2 cents....the lady had plenty of class outside the broadcast booth as well!

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