A voice falls silent
May. 13th, 2002 10:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
saxikathGene Amole, in so many ways the voice of Denver, died yesterday.
He was the voice of KVOD radio, the classical music station, when I was growing up. He also wrote a column for the Rocky Mountain News. He was, in many ways, sort of the Herb Caen of Denver. He loved the city, and he loved what he did.
I remember him mostly from the radio. My parents always had KVOD on, and as I would be getting ready to go to school in the mornings, it was Gene Amole's voice I heard, introducing songs, reading commercials, and so on.
I didn't know he was dying -- being in a different state will distance you from things -- but all of Denver did. Last November, he announced in his column that he was dying, and didn't know how long he had. From then on, he chronicled his own last days. (You can read his diary on the Rocky Mountain News website.)
Godspeed, Gene Amole. Denver won't be the same without you.
He was the voice of KVOD radio, the classical music station, when I was growing up. He also wrote a column for the Rocky Mountain News. He was, in many ways, sort of the Herb Caen of Denver. He loved the city, and he loved what he did.
I remember him mostly from the radio. My parents always had KVOD on, and as I would be getting ready to go to school in the mornings, it was Gene Amole's voice I heard, introducing songs, reading commercials, and so on.
I didn't know he was dying -- being in a different state will distance you from things -- but all of Denver did. Last November, he announced in his column that he was dying, and didn't know how long he had. From then on, he chronicled his own last days. (You can read his diary on the Rocky Mountain News website.)
Godspeed, Gene Amole. Denver won't be the same without you.
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Date: 2002-05-15 04:14 pm (UTC)I remember him... he was very cool
(I grew up in Denver)