HEADLINE: 36-YEARS AGO. JOHN LENNON SHOT DEAD

motor-city-radio-flashbacks-logo-mcrfb-fb2BEATLE JOHN LENNON SHOT TO DEATH

 

SUSPECT NABBED ON NEW YORK STREET

 

 


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FROM THE BACK-PAGES OF THE DETROIT FREE PRESS

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1980

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NEW YORK — Former Beatle John Lennon, who with the long-haired British rock group who catapulted to stardom in the 1960s, was shot to death late Monday outside his luxury apartment building on Manhattan’s upper west side, police said. (CONTINUES — please read the complete article below) . . . .

— DETROIT FREE PRESS


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WHAT DETROITERS READ THE MORNING AFTER JOHN LENNON DIED

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A MCRFB ‘CAPSULE COUNTDOWN’! WEEK OF 12/08/72

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MCRFB.COM TOP 10 COUNTDOWN * December 1972 * A Henry Krueger Production

A MCRFB.COM 1972 TOP 10 HITS COUNTDOWN!

TODAY’S ’70s “HEARD THESE FIRST ON THE RADIO” TOP 40 SINGLES FLASHBACK

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Henry Krueger Productions shares this day’s ’72 audio ‘CAPSULE COUNTDOWN’ hits on MCRFB.COM

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DETROIT WXYZ AM 1270 1966 NEWSPAPER FLASHBACK!

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Sunday, November 27, 1966

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WXYZ-AM ‘Dave Prince Looks at His World’ 

(Above WXYZ related article is courtesy freep.com newspaper archive. Copyright 2016. Newspapers.com).


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PRESS PHOTOS: ‘THE VOICE’ OF MUTUAL SPORTS RADIO

VAN PATRICK 1916-1974
VAN PATRICK 1916-1974 (press photo; 1952)

VAN PATRICK: A MUTUAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM AD circa 1966.
VAN PATRICK: MUTUAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM AD circa 1966.

VAN PATRICK WJR (press photo; 1971)
VAN PATRICK. The perennial radio and television voice for Mutual and Detroit sports through 1940s – 1970s decades — WKMH, WKNR, WJR and WJBK-TV (press photo; 1971)

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