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We'll end today here on December 17th, two weeks left in 2024 with a call in for your short tributes to a public figure in any walk of life who passed away in this year and who mattered to you.

Your short tributes to a public figure in any walk of life who passed away this year and who mattered to you,

even if you didn't know them personally. 212-433 W-N-YC, 212-433-9692. I'll start with one from me in a

minute, a musician who I was a big fan of whose death was just announced yesterday.

But let me get the invitation out to you first for your short tributes to a public figure

in any walk of life who passed away this year and who mattered to you, even if you didn't know

them personally.

212-433 W-NYCC, 212, 433-9-6-9-2.

You know how at the Oscars, they always do an in-memorium section, naming people in the film industry

who passed that year?

That's what we're inviting you to be part of here for any public figure in any walk of life who passed away

this year and who mattered to you, even if, obviously, you didn't know them personally.

212-433, WNYC, 212, 433-9-6-9-2.

Just give you a few examples here. Maybe you want to say a few words about the late

musician Toby Keith, who began his domination of the country music scene in the early 90s. He passed

away in February at age 62. Then there's the Russian opposition leader in a very different

walk of life. Alexei Navalny, who spoke out against Putin and the United

Russia Party. He died in prison earlier this year. Remember the say hey kid, Willie May's legendary

baseball player who played for both the Giants when they were in New York and in San Francisco,

and the Mets he passed in May in his 90s.

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