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Gene Shay, Folk DJ, Dies of Coronavirus at 85

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Gene Shay, a folk DJ who spent a half-century on the Philadelphia airwaves and helped promote the careers of Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and countless others, has died of complications of the coronavirus.Shay, 85, who had been hospitalized in recent weeks, died Friday, according to WXPN-FM station manager Roger LaMay.

His weekly “Folk Show” ran on various stations in the city from 1968 to 2015, the last 20 of them at WXPN.“He was a giant in terms of his impact on artists and the music.

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