Mary Pattiz, who as Mary Turner was a silky-voiced DJ at KMET, the album-oriented rock station that was the soundtrack of Southern California in the 1970s and early 80s, before leaving radio to become an addiction counselor and philanthropist, died May 9 at her home in Beverly Hills, California. She was 76.
She was known as “the Burner” for her seductive delivery, but off the air she was anything but a wild rock ’n’ roller. She later became an addiction counselor.