Garry Shandling passed on.

Always liked his comedy.

Did you know he was a ham at some point as well as a famous comedian?

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Shandling played a lot of basketball and boxed four times per week.[18] An avid boxing fan, he co-owned the Wildcard West Boxing Gym in Santa Monica, California,[7] along with director Peter Berg.[40] He was also a former amateur radio operator, at one time holding the callsign KD6OY.

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Hamcall has him listed in 1983. Looks like that was prior to his fame though

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This is HAMCALL ARCHIVE DATA from 1983:
Garry E Shandling, KD6OY:1983
17407 Tiara St
Encino, CA 91316
USA
License Class: Advanced

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Shandling

http://hamcall.net/call/KD6OY:1983

http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/24/entert...eat/index.html


RIP OM

I always knew there was something extra cool about him. RIP OM, 73

I can say that I've been familiar with his work for 30 or years give or take. Brilliant man though his personality subdued his brilliance a bit for the masses.