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Jack Morgan remembers Jerry Thomas · Brian Thomas

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  Speaker 1: and please indulge me here for a moment. I was
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  Speaker 1: so moved by the post yesterday from CINCINNTI then and
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  Speaker 1: now Jack Morgan, I think is the moderator of the page.
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  Speaker 1: But he's been doing some biographies of sort of famous
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  Speaker 1: Cincinnatians and he did one for my dad and I
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  Speaker 1: just it just I'm seriously allergy outbreak when I read it.
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  Speaker 1: And I was just been thinking about my dad NonStop
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  Speaker 1: since yesterday when I first encountered this just beautiful commentary
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  Speaker 1: from Jack, and I had several listeners reach out to
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  Speaker 1: me and said, why don't you read it? Why don't
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  Speaker 1: you read it? So I'm gonna take a moment here
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  Speaker 1: and just go ahead and read it if you don't mind.
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  Speaker 1: And thanks in advance to everyone who listened to my
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  Speaker 1: father and for years and years, and I'm this again.
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  Speaker 1: I'm coming up with my twentieth year in radio. And
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  Speaker 1: every time someone said, oh, I used to listen to
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  Speaker 1: your dad, I always thank them and you for putting
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  Speaker 1: me through college. And Jack writes about my dad. Granny
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  Speaker 1: was spotted on Fountain Square. Jerry Thomas born nineteen thirty
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  Speaker 1: nine past away eighty three. He wasn't just a voice
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  Speaker 1: on Cincinnati radio. He was the soul of the city,
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  Speaker 1: a presence that made mornings warmer, afternoons brighter, and heart's
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  Speaker 1: fuller for forty four unforgettable years, most famously a fifty
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  Speaker 1: five KRC. He started at age nineteen in Paris, Kentucky
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  Speaker 1: as a DJ, spent a little time in Louisville learning
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  Speaker 1: his craft, and in nineteen sixty two he arrived in
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  Speaker 1: Cincinnati ready to leave a mark that would echo through
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  Speaker 1: the city for decades. From the very first broadcast, you
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  Speaker 1: could hear it in his voice, warmth, the humor, or
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  Speaker 1: connection that made every listener feel like family. His show
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  Speaker 1: wasn't just about entertainment. It was a rallying cry for
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  Speaker 1: the community, a place where joy, concern, laughter and tears
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  Speaker 1: were shared in real time. This program was always ranked
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  Speaker 1: in the top ten, but the real measure of Jerry
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  Speaker 1: Thomas wasn't in the numbers. It was the way he
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  Speaker 1: made people feel alive, seen and part of something bigger
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  Speaker 1: than themselves. And then there was Granny, so real, so vivid,
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  Speaker 1: so unforgettable that people actually believe she walked the streets
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  Speaker 1: of Cincinnati. Granny would appear in Jerry's voice, a sly
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  Speaker 1: wink in the airwaves, a trickster spirit, making the city
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  Speaker 1: laugh some jokes. She could be spotted on Fountain Square, laughing,
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  Speaker 1: stirring up the crowd, A character born from the imagination
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  Speaker 1: of a man whose creativity had no bounds. Granny wasn't
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  Speaker 1: just a radio alter ego. She was a pioneer of personality, humor,
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  Speaker 1: and human connection, a template for every dj who would
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  Speaker 1: dare to be more than a voice behind a microphone.
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  Speaker 1: And there was a joke of the day. Each morning,
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  Speaker 1: Jerry would break for the news the community, updates the
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  Speaker 1: serious moments, and deliver pure, effortless humor, one simple line,
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  Speaker 1: one perfectly time punchline, and the city would pause, breathe, laugh,
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  Speaker 1: and feel a little lighter. Those moments weren't just jokes.
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  Speaker 1: There were small miracles of joy shared by tens of
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  Speaker 1: thousands who knew that no matter what, Jerry Thomas had
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  Speaker 1: a way of lifting spirits. Jerry's life wasn't only in
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  Speaker 1: the studio. He was popular host on PM magazine, a
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  Speaker 1: dominant golfer at Western Hills Country Club whose triumphs are
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  Speaker 1: still whispered on early morning rounds. He gave tirelessly to
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  Speaker 1: his community. From the Dell High Skirt Game, an event
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  Speaker 1: full of laughter, fun and local pride, to little league coaching.
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  Speaker 1: He taught by example the life's richness is measured in
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  Speaker 1: service and kindness and the joy of lifting others. Watching
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  Speaker 1: him in action was to witness a man whose heart
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  Speaker 1: radiated generosity and warmth, whose laughter was contagious, whose presence
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  Speaker 1: demanded attention without ever seeking it. Then there was Joan,
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  Speaker 1: his beautiful wife, Mom, the love of his life. Amen
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  Speaker 1: partnership is a living lesson in devotion, decades shared laughter,
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  Speaker 1: support and unspoken understanding. Together they created a family rooted
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  Speaker 1: in integrity, courage, and love. He mentions my sister and
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  Speaker 1: watch his daughter Lisa rise to the rank of police
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  Speaker 1: lieutenant with the Cincinna Police Department brought a quiet, radiant
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  Speaker 1: pride to Jerry that was almost tangible. Her courage and
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  Speaker 1: dedication and integrity were reflections of the values he lived
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  Speaker 1: by and instilled in his family. And he did mention me.
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  Speaker 1: He mentioned listener lunch specifically and some very kind words Jack,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm not going to pat myself on the back
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  Speaker 1: by reading them, but I appreciate you recognize me, and
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  Speaker 1: the shoes that I cannot fill are still sitting here
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  Speaker 1: beneath the board. Then he goes on, We lost Jerry
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  Speaker 1: at the age of eighty three, and the city felt
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  Speaker 1: that loss deeply. His laughter still echoes in the corners
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  Speaker 1: of Cincinnati, his generosity still ripples in the community. His
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  Speaker 1: love still lives in the family he nurtured and the
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  Speaker 1: lives he touched. He rallied his city, He lifted hearts.
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  Speaker 1: He crafted a legacy that is impossible to ignore. To
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  Speaker 1: know Jerry Thomas is to love him instantly, to remember
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  Speaker 1: that one person can change a city with humor, courage,
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  Speaker 1: and heart. He made the city believe in itself, and
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  Speaker 1: in every act, every word, every laugh, he reminded us
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  Speaker 1: of what is truly worth, cherishing family, community, and the
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  Speaker 1: courage to live boldly and kindly. It is essential to
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  Speaker 1: document his greatness for Cincinnati, for the world, and for
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  Speaker 1: generations who deserve to know that such a man existed.
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  Speaker 1: A man who made laughter, sacred, community a priority, and
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  Speaker 1: a love a force, and love a force that can
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  Speaker 1: never be measured by anything less than a full heart.
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  Speaker 1: Jack Morgan, Jack just hitting that allergy mode again. My
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  Speaker 1: friend cannot thank you enough for remembering my father and
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  Speaker 1: the kind words you passed along about my sister and
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