…the world was a pretty fucking good place…now there’s no one
Radio Host Neil Rogers Dies
December 24, 2010 12:36 PM
From cbs4kephart
MIAMI (CBS4) – Longtime South Florida radio host Neil Rogers died Friday morning at 9:45 a.m. at the age of 68, according to his attorney Norman Kent. Rogers had been suffering from several health ailments recently including progressive vascular dementia.
The talk show host spent more than three decades on South Florida airwaves, starting at WJNO in Palm Beach. He has also been on WKAT, WNWS, WINZ, WIOD. He was most recently on AM 560 WQAM, before he retired in 2009.
Rogers suffered a stroke and heart attack in October and his condition had declined since Thanksgiving. He underwent surgery earlier this month at Westside Regional Hospital to clear arterial blockages. The surgery was high-risk because of other underlying conditions which included diabetes.
Kent said in mid-December that Neil was suffering from Sundowners Syndrome, in which people suffer from an uncomfortable sleep and mood disorder which causes them to experience periods of extreme agitation and confusion during the late afternoon or early evening hours, leading to irritability towards even caregivers or hospital staff.
Kent said earlier in December, “As you remember him, recall what he used to say- “It’s only a radio show”. Hopefully, in those hours on the air he taught all of us to press on in our daily lives with an abiding sense of wit and humor.”
