Spook Beckman

I got to thinking about radio personalities. Spook Beckman worked out of Columbus, Ohio. He could be seen on television, and heard in the afternoon on his radio show. Twenty years ago or more, who is counting, Carol and I went to a "Taste of Kansas City". It was a food fair where foods from differeent dives were offered to people to taste. If you were going to make all the rounds, you did not want to eat too much at any given place. The speaker, or entertainer was from Columbus, Ohio, and I casually asked;" Is Beckman still on the radio?" The guy's eyes sparkled. " Yeah,the old guy just can't quit working." This was in the late '70's, and I listened to Beckman in the '60's, he had been around longer than that. And, once on a trip through Ohio, and close to Columbus, I flipped through some radio stations until I heard his familiar voice. Beckman was always chewing gum. He kept his mouth wrapped around I don't know how many sticks of gum. On the radio, you could hear him pop his gum.
Well, Beckman is n longer with us. I don't know how he died, probably old age, but his voice is stilled.