New Haven's Rohmer Dies

Condolences to family and friends of former longtime WELI-A/NEW HAVEN morning man RON ROHMER, who died SUNDAY of a heart attack at 74 in HAMDEN, CT. ROHMER, a Canadian native who came to NEW HAVEN as a hockey broadcaster for the minor league BLADES and NIGHTHAWKS, took over mornings at WELI in 1961 and stayed for over three decades before being fired in 1995; he sued for age discrimination and was rehired to host a show on sister WAVZ-A and retired in 1999.

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