A Celebration of Life service has been announced for Hall of Fame "Distinguished Broadcaster" Ron Arnold. He died of complications from COVID-19 on Christmas Eve at age 87. A remembrance was delayed because of the pandemic. It is now planned for Saturday, April 24, at 10:00 a.m. at Parkside Lutheran Church in North Buffalo. Ron Arnold (l) receives the Veteran of the Month award from his Batavia nursing home in 2019. Credit Parkside Luthern Church / YouTube Interment to be held privately at Arlington National Cemetery. Arnold enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1952 and was shot while serving in Korea, earning him a Purple Heart.