Roy of Hollywood (real name Roy Tuckman) died in April of 2023. His illness and cause of death has not been disclosed. He had produced, engineered and hosted the "
Something's Happening" show on
Pacifica Radio
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station
KPFK
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-FM in Los Angeles since 1977. His show ran from 12 midnight to 6:00 a.m., Monday night/Tuesday mornings through Thursday night/Friday mornings. Monday was "environment/anything goes" night. Tuesday was "health/alternative medicine" night, mainly featuring Gary Null. Wednesday was politics night. Thursday was "spirituality/mysticism" night, often featuring
Alan Watts
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,
Jack Gariss
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,
Colin Wilson
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, and
J. Krishnamurti.
Tuckman was born in Los Angeles, and earned a master's degree in
social anthropology
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from
UCLA
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in 1967. He has been a KPFK staff member since 1972. His awards include a
Major Armstrong Award for the documentary "
Upton Sinclair
Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. (September 20, 1878 – November 25, 1968) was an American writer, muckraker, political activist and the 1934 Democratic Party nominee for governor of California who wrote nearly 100 books and other works in seve ...
: The Reverent Radical", and an AP Best Spot News Coverage award (shared with
Elliot Mintz
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) for his live, on-air interview with
Iranian hostage-takers inside the American embassy in
Tehran
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in November 1979.
External links
Something's Happening (Official Site)- with links to schedules and downloads of recent shows
''Fiesta''– the Amazon page for the 1989 album of
ambient organ music composed and performed by Tuckman
A 2007 interview of Tuckmanby
Jay Kugelman
Living people
American radio personalities
Pacifica Foundation people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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