My Friend, Duffy (Click for link)

I am afraid that I must, again, acknoweldge the passing of an old friend.

Many of you will remember "Duffy" Spears. He worked, with me, at Z-98, here in Baton Rouge, back in the '80s, and early 90s. That was the days of Michael Adams, Scotty Drake and J.J. Stone. Before that he had been at Kajun 103 using the name Jeff Davis.

I can not think of the first "Gulf War" and not think of Duffy. He knew all about the various weapons and armaments that were used (and this was in the days before any of us knew about the internet) and always had a comment on the CNN coverage. In those days, remember, we only had CNN as the 24-hour news channel. Duffy, Scotty Drake, and I kept up with all the goings-on and would watch the coverage on the newsroom TV, when we had nothing else to do. Sometimes we washed the station van.

That was the same TV that we used to watch Corey and Kianna and all of the other Body Shaping girls.

I remember visiting Duff, when he lived in an apartment off of Stumberg Lane. He always had a bottle of Jack Daniels and his trusty .45 nearby.

Duffy moved away, to Florida, years ago, but I will always remember his wry smile and quick, sometimes biting, wit.

Once upon a time, Duffy, J.J., Scotty and I took the station van to an LSU - Texas A. and M. football game. We lost a very drunk Duffy somewhere in the 3rd quarter, only to find him much later, as he was walking down Nicholson Drive, headed back to the radio station, on Government Street. What a night that was.
Duffy died from cancer in Beaumont, Texas on Wednesday, May 25th, 2005. He was buried, in Beaumont, the following Sunday. Click the link, at the top of this writing, for Duffy's obituary.

See 'ya dude.

Kev.