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craigcrumpton
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 Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 4:08 am Post subject: RIP Jim West |
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Obit excerpt from Radio Daily News: | Quote: | James Robert West, radio industry legend and Texas Radio Hall of Fame member, passed away in Dallas, Texas on March 27th from complications related to a prolonged struggle with Parkinson’s disease and COPD.
Jim’s work with radio jingles, production music, syndicated radio and his representation of prominent radio consultants helped to revolutionize the radio industry and he was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame in 2002.
Later in life, he put his voice to work in what started as a hobby and became yet another successful career. West became a highly sought after voice-over talent. His voice was the anchor of the TV campaigns for both of Ross Perot’s presidential campaigns, and he was heard on everything from commercials for Tony Roma’s and Dairy Queen Restaurants to ads for medical, retail and specialty stores. His distinctive vocal style and delivery garnered him an Emmy only a few short years ago as the voice of Disney’s internationally produced “Legends of the Ring of Fire” animated shorts. |
I compiled quite a few links related to his work in addition to reporting the obit on my blog:
http://voiceactors.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/in-passing-2/
Also did the same for Betsy Ames, who died earlier this month, in the same article.
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bobsouer
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| Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:43 am Post subject: |
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Craig,
Thanks for passing along this news, sad as it is.
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craigcrumpton
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I didn't discover Jim's body of work until he popped up in a random Google search a couple months ago, and was considering contacting him to do a feature article because he had such a rich and varied history.
If this isn't a lesson in "do it today before it's too late", I don't know what is.
He would have made for a fascinating documentary or biopic subject too. I hope one of his descendants writes a book about him to preserve his legacy.
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