HONG KONG: A beloved Hong Kong radio host dubbed the"world's most durable DJ" by Guinness World Records has died aged 98 after more than seven decades on the air.
He interviewed scores of pop icons over the years including the Beatles, the Bee Gees, Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra. The veteran DJ was"a prominent figure in Hong Kong popular culture" who made"considerable contributions to the Hong Kong music scene", the city's culture minister Kevin Yeung said Saturday.
He worked as a prison warden and bank clerk before turning to music, hosting his first show"Progressive Jazz" at Radio Rediffusion in 1949.