Tributes have flooded in for the beloved broadcaster.
Michael Silverblatt has died on the age of 73 (Picture: Getty)
Broadcasting legend Michael Silverblatt, the longtime host of the KCRW radio present Bookworm which ran from 1989 to 2022 died at residence on Saturday (February 14) on the age of 73 after a “protracted sickness” a pal confirmed. Among the many first to pay tribute to the star had been music legends Ron and Russell Mael higher often known as Sparks, who had written the theme music for his present.
Posting an image with the late host on their social media accounts they penned: “Ron and Russell bid a fond farewell to Michael Silverblatt, the host and creator of @kcrw’s famed Bookworm. An enormous presence of their world, Michael had Sparks create the opening and shutting themes (‘I Am A Bookworm’ and ‘The place Would We Be With out Books’) for the radio present, in addition to having them on as visitors from time to time. Michael will likely be missed by many, however his legacy within the literary world lives on.”
They weren’t alone in sharing their affection for the star. Mates and followers remembered him fondly on social media.
Taking to Fb, one wrote: “So unhappy to listen to of the passing of KCRW’s BOOKWORM host Michael Silverblatt…beautiful man will miss his present dearly.” One other added: “Wow! Michael Silverblatt is gone, however his voice and perception stay. Relaxation in Peace!”
A 3rd chimed in: “Our pricey Michael Silverblatt aka The Bookworm has been referred to as residence. He was a fierce supporter. A wildly clever dinner companion. A pal, advocate and absolutely embodied what it meant to be a reader. His personal story was magical and dramatic and he helped so many individuals with it. His voice was unmistakeable and his distinctive imaginative and prescient of a world formed by books was completely captured by his present. He was an enormous thinker with a voracious urge for food. He’s missed.”
A fourth shared: “Michael Silverblatt handed away. He received’t get the popularity that Duvall will get, however he ought to. I used to be a longtime listener of his KCRW present, later a podcast. RIP to this certainly one of sort man. Many people will miss his insights.”
A fifth penned: “Oh, oh, oh, I really like him so so a lot. I’ve been lacking Bookworm and noticed that he was in poor health. What a wonderful, insatiably curious and beneficiant thoughts and man…. Actually certainly one of a sort, sending love.” In the meantime a sixth opined: “Heartbroken by the loss of life of Michael Silverblatt. It’s laborious to fathom how a lot poorer U.S. literature will likely be with out his instance and his presence. And the way deeply he’ll be missed by his many pals.”
The voracious reader as soon as confessed the books which introduced him probably the most happiness, weren’t ones that made the world appear a brighter place. “The books I really like probably the most made it more durable for me to stay,” he mentioned.
Throughout a chat in entrance of the Cornell College English division in 2010 he sid: “I am as fantastical a creature as something in Oz or in Wonderland. I prefer it if individuals can say, ‘I by no means met anybody like him,’ and by that they need to imply that it wasn’t an disagreeable expertise.”
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