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Longest working Hong Kong DJ, ‘Uncle Ray’ dies at 98
Updated On: 15 January, 2023 09:56 AM IST | Hong Kong | Agencies
His “All the Way With Ray” show of easy listening music, was on RTHK Radio 3 for 51 years until his retirement.
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Radio host Reinaldo Maria Cordeiro was known as “Uncle Ray”. Pic/AFP
Ray Cordeiro, who interviewed music acts including the Beatles during a six-decade career on Hong Kong radio that earned him the title of the world’s longest-working disc jockey, has died, his former employer announced. He was 98.
Cordeiro died late Friday, according to Radio Television Hong Kong, where he worked until 2021. It gave no cause of death. Cordeiro, who was born in Hong Kong in 1924 WAS of Portuguese descent. He joined Hong Kong`s public broadcaster in 1960 after working as a prison warden and bank clerk. His “All the Way With Ray” show of easy listening music, was on RTHK Radio 3 for 51 years until his retirement.
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