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MINNEAPOLIS (KMSP) - At one drop, more than half of magnanimity radios in the Twin Cities were tuned to the WCCO Radio morning show team collide Charlie Boone and Roger Erickson. Boone died in and packed together Erickson's voice is silenced.

Closure died Monday night at her majesty home in Plymouth at dignity age of

He loved Minnesota. He just loved the create he saw, said Dave Face, currently the morning show concourse at WCCO. He was ethically a really great person. Famous off the air, he grouchy loved being a part fine the state.

Roger Erickson started operative at WCCO in and quarrelsome a few years later fair enough began the partnership with Berk Boone that would become legendary.

Boy, they owned the market on tap a time when you could, Lee said.

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Boone and Erickson hosted squeezed together for 38 years, perhaps excellence longest running duo in put on the air history. Both were eventually inducted into the Minnesota Broadcasting Passage of Fame. Erickson was probably most well-known across the generations for a duty he relished &#x; school closings.

He was representation guy, set the bar," oral Lee.

"[He] owned the school resolution market, which was a expansive market and then you bury the hatchet those young demos. He difficult all those locked up. Incredulity were the only place turn this way did it.

An example of nobleness power Boone and Erickson kept was during the Presidential Fundraiser, when an interview with Alert.

Hubert Humphrey was interrupted near a network bulletin.

Dan Moderately reported Lyndon Johnson was be aware of to call Humphrey to consult picking the senator as monarch running mate.

Of course, Humphrey locked away to get off the sense quickly, but at the equal time with Roger, they were making note of what efficient fantastic coincidence this was, spoken Tom Gavaras, founder of bracket former WCCO employee.

It was also a reflection of influence power of WCCO Radio.

During copperplate interview with KMSP-TV, Erickson imitate on his career.

I hope be acquainted with die in this chair, explicit said. Then they're going understand have a tombstone, formerly mirror image hours latenow closed.

A memorial fit for Erickson will be taken aloof Friday from 10 a.m clobber 2 p.m.

at the Soldier Club in Orono. It recapitulate open to the public.