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Michael Stanley, whose music has been the soundtrack for decades for so many in the Mahoning Valley, died Friday at age 72.
As a solo artist and as leader of the Michael Stanley Band, the Ghost Poets, Michael Stanley & the Resonators and the Midlife Chryslers, the man born Michael Stanley Gee was a Cleveland hometown hero, where he had successful careers as a DJ (30 years at WNCX-FM) and television host (“PM Magazine”) in addition to his work as a recording artist and performer.
But the Michael Stanley Band always had strong roots in the Mahoning Valley as well.
Three band members are Youngstown natives bass players Daniel Pecchio (1974-79) and Michael Gismondi (1979-87) and guitar player Gary Markasky (1978-83). Road manager Jimmy Soffos is a Warren native and Dan Montecalvo, who still lives in Warren, was sound man for Stanley’s musical projects from 1976 until the Resonators’ last gig before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Michael Stanley continued to perform after undergoing open heart surgery in December 2017. He battled lung cancer for the last seven months.
Updated: 6:07 p.m., Saturday, March 6, 2020
This town is gonna be here long after he’s gone, but it will always be Michael Stanley’s town. Cleveland icon, beloved rocker and radio personality Michael Stanley Gee passed away this weekend at the age of 72, after a seven-month battle with lung cancer.
According to a statement from Belkin/Live Nation and 98.5 WNCX, where Stanley was the afternoon drive-time DJ for more than 30 years, he died peacefully at home with his family March 5.
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Michael Stanley, Cleveland s Hometown Rock Hero, Dies at 72
Michael Stanley, Cleveland s Hometown Rock Hero, Dies at 72 If you re reading this then I am off to catch up with that big club tour in the sky, the rocker-turned-DJ wrote in a farewell message to fans.
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Michael Stanley, who became known nationally for a radio hit in 1981 but was the very symbol of rock ‘n roll for decades in the city of Cleveland, died Friday at age 72. The cause of death was lung cancer that had been diagnosed seven months earlier.
Stanley’s illness became known when he took leave of his usual afternoon radio shift at Cleveland’s 98.5 WNCX in late February and the station released a statement requesting prayers for his family.