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MINNEAPOLIS — Radio personality Roger Erickson, who ruled Minnesota’s morning airwaves along with on-air WCCO partner Charlie Boone for 38 years, has died.
He was 89.
His daughter, Tracy Anderson, said Tuesday that he died of natural causes at his home in Plymouth on Monday. He had been suffering from dementia for around 10 years, she said.
The folksy “Boone and Erickson” show, with its mix of humor and news and its signature “Good Morning” song, recalled an earlier era of radio for many listeners.
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In the show’s prime, half of the people listening to the radio in the greater Twin Cities area on any given morning were tuned in to the show.
Boone and Erickson did their last show together in January 1998. Boone died in 2015 at age 88.
Their signature skit was the recurring “Minnesota Hospital,” a takeoff on an old radio soap opera.
“It was an amazing time in radio,” said Anderson, who recalled hanging around the stat