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The hockey community mourns the loss of a longtime radio personality at age 64
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The Blackhawks and the Chicago sports community is in mourning following the passing of longtime Windy City radio host Harry Teinowitz at 64.
The entire Chicago sports community is in mourning following the passing of longtime Windy City radio host Harry Teinowitz, who died at the age of 64, multiple sources have confirmed.
For the longest time, he hosted the "Mac, Jurko & Harry» Show on ESPN 1000, otherwise known as "The Afternoon Saloon".
He hosted the show with Dan McNeil and John Jurkovic from 2001 through 2009 and then with DeFalco and Jurkovic from 2009-13. He was also later a host of WGN Radio's sports station, though that time was short.
He was a man of the people. He loved life in Chicago, and he loved sports fans. We should do a toast to Harry Teinowitz one day every year for people who celebrate what's good in our city. That's his legacy.
Jurkovic also remembered his former co-host with a touching statement earlier in the week:
Harry was an absolute necessity. You had to have him to make that thing work. Without him, it wouldn't not have worked to the level that worked.
Another former co-host, Carmen DeFalco, said the following:
He just had a million ideas and he always wanted to be funny. He was always thinking of silly, creative, goofy things to do and he believed in all of them. He always committed to the bit. If it flopped, he didn't care. He just wanted to try.
He is survived by his children, Lucy and Reggie.
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