Garry Shandling passed on.

[W5BRM]

Always liked his comedy.

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

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.

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

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

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

[WZ7U]

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

[KG4CGC]

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.