Eddie Schwartz, 1946-2009; ruled late-night radio
'Chicago Ed' hosted shows on WIND, WGN and WLUP before turning to writing
By Trevor Jensen (Chicago Tribune)
Eddie
Schwartz carried on a conversation with the city's night owls for 20
years as an overnight radio host whose love of Chicago and empathy for
the downtrodden trumped a voice better suited for movies of the silent
era.
Mr. Schwartz, 62, died of complications from kidney and heart disease on Tuesday, Feb. 3, in Glen Lake Terrace Nursing Home in
Waukegan,
said Dr. Richard Keller, Lake County coroner. He had left radio in 1995
and fought health problems, including extreme obesity, that in recent
years had left him nearly destitute....
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