CINCINNATI (ENQUIRER) - Longtime 700 WLW-AM personality and nationally syndicated radio host Gary Burbank has died at the age of 84, writes our partners at the Cincinnati Enquirer .

Long-time friend Bill Cunningham posted the news of the death of the popular radio host on X Aug. 28.

Burbank was known for characters he developed and used on the air, including Earl Pitts American, Gilbert Gnarley, the Right Rev. Deuteronomy Skaggs and blues musician Howlin’ Blind Muddy Slim.

Pitts’ commentaries have continued in national syndication.

Burbank retired from his job as radio host in December 2007.

Burbank came to WLW in 1981 from Louisville, and started as a morning host. He created numerous fictional characters, satirized the likes of Jerry Springer, Marge Schott and other local cele

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