Dan Ingram, Radio Hall of Fame inductee, dies at 83

NEW YORK – Radio trail-blazer Dan Ingram has died at the age of 83.

Christopher Ingram says his father died Sunday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He had Parkinsonian syndrome and succumbed after choking on food.

Ingram worked at New York’s WABC from 1961 to 1982, when it changed to a talk format.

He held court at classic rock station WCBS-FM starting in 1991 and retired in 2003. He also did voice-overs for national ad campaigns and was a labour activist.

The New York Times says that in the pre-shock era, Ingram entertained listeners with playful irreverence.

Elton John’s hit “Someone Saved My Life Tonight,” for instance, would be introduced as “Someone Shaved My Wife Tonight.”

Ingram was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2007.