they say youth is wasted on the young, and I think retirement is wasted on the old. Imagine a life where you could do all the things you wanted when you were physically capable and then work when you are older and get up at 4am just to watch tv...
He was still around when I was growing up but not on the radio (at least any station I could get). The first I knew of him was when he was in American Graffiti.