Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Radio DJ Jim Ladd in 2010. (Alberto E. Rodriguez / WireImage via Getty Images) Longtime disc jockey Jim Ladd, a central figure in ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jim Ladd, a celebrated free-form radio DJ who is widely considered the inspiration for Tom Petty’s 2002 album and single “The Last ...
Happy new year! We ended the year on a down note with the passing of “The Last DJ” Jim Ladd, and I wanted to share some of your thoughts on his legacy. “It is with sadness that I write to you now, ...
Jim Ladd, a celebrated free-form radio DJ who is widely considered the inspiration for Tom Petty’s 2002 album and single “The Last DJ,” died Dec. 17 of a heart attack. He was 75. Since 2012, Ladd ...