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18.12.2023 - 23:35 / deadline.com
Jim Ladd, the longtime Los Angeles FM deejay known as “The Lonesome L.A. Cowboy” who had hosted a SiriusXM show for 12 years and was the inspiration for Tom Petty‘s album The Last DJ, died Saturday of a heart attack at his L.A. home. He was 75.
His death was announced today by fellow veteran DJ Meg Griffin, who hosted Ladd’s Deep Tracks show in his place today. Griffin said his wife Helene Lodge-Ladd’s wife had asked her to announce the news at the start of his show that aired live weekdays from 2-6 p.m. PT. It was Ladd’s first national program.
“I am so sorry for the shock that just hit you as you are listening right now,” Griffin told listeners. “He never stopped caring. He delivered the truth. He lived for the music.”
“As I have always done throughout my career, I will be choosing all my own music,” Ladd said in announcing his satcaster gig. “I will be playing everything I want — from Pink Floyd to Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, from the Doors to Moby Grape — freely and with no playlists.”
He always said he broadcasting from “high in the Hollywood Hills.”
Ladd began his satellite radio stint months after being laid off from Los Angeles radio outlet KLOS-FM in October 2011. It was his third stint the rock station, having worked there from 1969-75, when he moved to archrival KMET until the station changed formats in 1987. After a couple of other stints elsewhere — including startup KLSX-FM, which introduced the “classic rock” format to L.A. — he returned to KLOS in the nighttime slot until his exit.
Ladd made a name for himself playing what he termed “freeform radio,” creating themed sets of music and urging listeners to call in. Famed for phrases including “Love have mercy,” he was a mainstay on the SoCal FM dial
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https://t.co/39lvDFxABP— SiriusXM (@SIRIUSXM) December 18, 2023His colleague, Meg Griffin, also confirmed the news at the beginning of his free-form music show Deep Tracks yesterday (December 18).Ladd launched his career in radio back in the ‘60s, and went on to become a highly influential figure in the music industry. His first job was at a small rock station in Long Beach called KNAC, before he later moved to stations in Los Angeles including KLOS and KMET.
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