He was so wry, and knowledgeable, and made you feel like you were the most important person in the world. I will miss him horribly. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved, RIP, Harry Belafonte and more: Letters to the Editor April 30, 2023, Thousands of space radio signals reach Earth suggesting alien contact: 'Not just a coincidence', Carmakers' unsafe, un-American push to eliminate AM radio, Boston radio host getting throat surgery after listener 'saved my life', Woman has 'loud, full body orgasm' in the middle of LA concert, Bride killed, groom seriously hurt by drunk driver just minutes after leaving reception, Ed Sheeran: 'I'm done' if plaintiffs win in Marvin Gaye 'Let's Get it On' copyright lawsuit, After legal weed, NYC's once-wild 4/20 party just another boring street fair, How a retired detective snared his seventh 'Torso Killer' confession, Jessica Chastain looks unrecognizable at Met Gala with new blond do, Phoebe Bridgers goes glam-goth in Tory Burch at Met Gala 2023, Kristen Stewart debuts choppy short haircut on Met Gala 2023 red carpet, Khristina Williams previews the New York Liberty's 2023 WNBA season, Met Gala red carpet: Live updates of all the celebrity outfits. Goli Sheikholeslami, president and CEO of New York public broadcaster, announced Hakes death on Saturday in a message to employees. Richard Hake, longtime New York City radio host, dies at 51 She said the cause has not been determined. [1] Hake had two brothers and one sister. There are no houses in the Pines that big. Im always sorry to hear those words. Richard Hake, longtime reporter and anchor for New York public radio station WNYC and Morning Edition, died on Friday at age 51. And that hasnt been used to describe his case. Hake's voice was recognizable to many New Yorkers as the host of WNYC's Morning Edition program, providing local news reports and interviewing the region's news makers. He also contributed reporting to national programs, including NPR's All Things Considered. [1] He graduated from Carmel High School (Carmel, New York) in 1987, then from Fordham University in 1991, and began working at NPR in 1991 while still at Fordham. NEW YORK CITY -- Richard Hake, a public radio host and reporter for nearly three decades who liked to say that his morning updates "woke up New York," has died. My father dropped dead at the age of 47 from brain aneurysm which was only post mortem discovered to be congenital (deformed blood vessel), Its not as interesting when a gay news anchor dies with out a fist up their ass. Si vous souhaitez personnaliser vos choix, cliquez sur Grer les paramtres de confidentialit. Goli Sheikholeslami, the president and CEO of New York Public Radio, announced Hakes death in a memo to staff on Saturday. Hakes station, WNYC, said the 51-year-old anchor died Friday at his Manhattan apartment, where hed been working in recent weeks as the coronavirus crisis kept station personnel from their office. I mean, at 51 years of age, street drugs can just kill you like that. Years ago when I worked at the Fordham University radio station, Richard was on the student staff. He didnt have Covid though, he would have been completely asymptomatic, and then dead? The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. Is dying of coronavirus a "natural cause"? [quote]One of his colleagues said hed rent a house out in Fire Island every summer with 20 friends. During a fundraising campaign about a decade ago, the station gave out coffee mugs featuring Hakes mug a drawing of him reading the news. John Ritter died that wayhe had an aortic aneurysm that he didn't know about. Wow. It took months for some reason but the coroner eventually determined that he had an undiagnosed congenital electrical problem and his heart just stopped suddenly. Richard Hake (January 4, 1969 April 24, 2020) was a journalist and reporter for WNYC, where he was one of the hosts of the weekly morning program, Morning Edition. Like Scientists in Socratic Actors who committed suicide Know as a reporter, and producer and the host of NPR's "Morning Edition" Hake had worked for the station for 28 years.