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'The Professor' of Rock Scott Muni Dies
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LARRY McSHANE, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
09-29-2004
Dateline: NEW YORK
Disc jockey Scott Muni, the gravelly-voiced radio host whose encyclopedic knowledge of rock 'n' roll made him "The Professor" to three generations of New York listeners, has died at 74.
Muni, who spent nearly 50 years on air in the nation's No. 1 radio market, died Tuesday. he had suffered a stroke earlier this year. But the cause of his death was not immediately known, said Josefa Paganuzzi, spokeswoman for Clear Channel New York.
Muni's last gig was an hour-long afternoon show on New York classic rock station ...
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