Longtime Voice Of WMMS Dies

CLEVELAND -- A longtime voice of WMMS was found dead on Thursday.

Longtime northeast Ohioans and radio fans across the country will remember Len "Boom" Goldberg, 74, as part of the phenomenon of the Buzzard Morning Zoo in the 1970s and 1980s.

Ed "Flash" Ferenz worked with Goldberg for more than 20 years and said Boom's passing marks the end of a very special time.

"It was an era that will never -- that I can see not in my lifetime -- ever be repeated again because radio has just changed so dramatically and Boom was a great personality," Ferenz said. "He even did shows on the weekend as well. People loved him. He was such a big part of Cleveland."

Goldberg battled heart problems for decades, although no exact cause of death is known right now.