Full Text of HR0578 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of legendary | 4 | | radio personality Don Wade; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Don Wade attended a prep school in New Hampshire | 6 | | and was a graduate of Boston University; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Don Wade spent 55 years on the radio; after | 8 | | spending the first half of his radio career as a disc jockey, | 9 | | he spent the last 27 years of his career at WLS-AM; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Don Wade's radio career led him to at least 10 | 11 | | other cities, including one in Canada, before he landed in | 12 | | Chicago in 1982 as a morning personality at country music | 13 | | station WUSN-FM 99.5; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, In 1985, Don Wade won a spot at WLS-AM, where his | 15 | | wife, Roma Wade, joined him as co-host; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, When WLS-AM changed from a music format to talk | 17 | | radio in 1989, Don Wade and Roma remained with the station as | 18 | | morning talk show hosts; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, In 2010, "Don Wade and Roma" was the highest-rated |
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| 1 | | radio show in the Chicagoland market; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Don Wade will be forever remembered as an | 3 | | entertaining, engaging, and thoughtful radio personality who | 4 | | used his wit and dynamic personality to shape the medium of | 5 | | talk radio; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Don Wade is survived by his wife, Roma; his son, | 7 | | Col. Hunter (Dr. Margy) Hobson; his daughter, Heather Hobson | 8 | | (Gordon Findlay); his brothers, Tom Wehde (partner, Diane), | 9 | | Raynor Reavis, and Ralph (Deborah) Reavis; and his nieces and | 10 | | nephews; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 | | we mourn, along with his family, friends, and the citizens of | 14 | | this State, the passing of Don Wade; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Don Wade as a symbol of our | 17 | | sympathy.
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