Art Laboe, a revered Los Angeles radio mainstay for more than half a century who delighted local fans and a syndicated audience by playing those “oldies but goodies,” has died.
He was 97. A post on his official Twitter account said Laboe died October 7 of pneumonia at his home in Palm Springs. Born Art Egnoian on August 7, 1925, in Salt Lake City, Laboe served in the Navy during World War II and arrived on the L.A.
airwaves in 1955 as rock ‘n’ roll was taking hold. Having worked as a DJ since the mid-’40s, including stints in San Francisco and Palm Springs, his first L.A.
station homes were KXLA-AM (later KRLA) and KPOP, and the baritone Laboe did live remote shows from midnight till 4 a.m. at a local drive-in restaurant — taking requests and becoming popular with the night-owl crowd.
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