Radio Veteran Doug Banks Dies at 57

Posted on April 12, 2016

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Radio and television veteran Doug Banks has died. He was 57.

The cause of death has not been released, but there is speculation that his death was due to complications from diabetes.

The Detroit native got his start doing local radio before eventually hosting his own syndicated radio show, The Doug Banks Morning Show, alongside DeDe McGuire.

In 2010, Banks’ show was relaunched on WVAZ in Chicago and could be heard in several different markets.

Celebrities have responded to his death on social media including our own Tom Joyner.
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