Radio personality Jim Ladd died Saturday at his home near Carmichael, CA. He was 75 and had suffered a heart attack.
The inspiration for Tom Petty‘s “The Last DJ,” Pink Floyd fans know Ladd for his appearance on Roger Waters‘s “Radio K.A.O.S.” album in 1987.
Ladd had been heard since 2011 on satellite radio Sirius XM, but his broadcasting roots went back to the heyday of FM radio with time logged at KMET and KLOS. He was also host of “Innerview,” a syndicated program that aired on more than 160 stations from 1974 to ’86.
