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Friday, April 26
Richard "Doctor Dusty" Pegue, the Chicago DJ who most recently worked at WKKC (but who had also been heard on WVON AND WCGI), died yesterday. Those not familiar with Pegue's legacy can read Ben Joravsky's profile from 1998 to find out about the man.