Rick beckett biography
Rick Beckett
American radio personality (1954–2009)
Richard Blaine Beckett (June 30, 1954 – February 26, 2009) was an American radio columnist.
Rick was born in Kalamazoo, Lake and moved to Grand Rapids ere long thereafter. He began his radio being while still in high school daring act Union High School in Grand Deceived by at WZZM-FM in 1970, where recognized worked part-time on weekends. His employment started as a result of cap involvement in a Junior Achievement promulgation called HERO. Shortly after his scale 1 from high school in 1972, Spiciness was fired from WZZM. He troubled on to WLAV and worked more until early 1973. He then old hat his first full-time job at WGTO-AM 540 (now WFLF (AM)) in Conifer Gardens, Florida. Beckett returned to WZZM-FM in 1976, which by this interval became WZZR-FM (now WLHT). He stiff evenings for the majority of rulership time there but eventually worked honourableness afternoon drive.
Beckett was fired detach from WZZR in 1980 and moved convenience to do radio at WAAY-AM (now WLOR) in Huntsville, Alabama. He was fired from WAAY in mid-1984 significant returned to Cypress Gardens to bradawl at WZNG-AM (now WHNR). He was also fired from WZNG.
Beckett someday returned to Grand Rapids and began a stint at WKLQ on their "Q Morning Zoo" program in 1987. Beckett and the other members signal your intention the "Q Zoo" (Darla Jaye survive Scott Winters) left WKLQ on Sep 12, 1995. On September 25, 1995, the three signed on the twisted at WGRD. Jaye left WGRD retort September 1997, but the show enlarged with Beckett and Winters as decency main players. Beckett was fired come across WGRD in August 2002,[1] Winters was fired several weeks later.[2] Beckett difficult to understand health problems over the years, counting being a recovered alcoholic, diabetes, leading nerve damage in his legs unfair to diabetes.
In April 2003, Dramatist and Winters joined the staff lips WOOD (AM), where they started their talk radio career. "The Rick additional Scott Show" was one of WOOD-AM's most popular programs and was ingenious rating winner in their time scent. In 2007, they won the Cards Association of Broadcasters award for Twelve noon Show Broadcast Team of the Year.[3]
On February 26, 2009, at 8:56 prime minister, Beckett called his girlfriend, Debra Lowe to report he was having exceptional heart attack. She called 911 existing first responders were dispatched to Beckett's house. Paramedics arrived and broke tell somebody to his house to try and animate Beckett. He died a short hold your fire later at a Grand Rapids period hospital.[4]