Dick Biondi, Fast-Talking Star of Top 40 Radio, Dies at 90 nytimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nytimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
It brings me personal sadness to write Dick Biondi – hands down one of the most influential rock ‘n’ roll disc jockeys in history – passed away on June 26
Influential in advancing the careers of Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly and Jerry Lee Lewis, among many others, Biondi was the first disc jockey to play the Beatles on American radio