Dick Estell, longtime host of The Radio Reader on KPBX and other public radio stations nationwide, passed away May 6.
A passionate and avid lifelong lover of reading, Estell took over as the "Radio Reader" in 1964 for WKAR at Michigan State University. In the following years he read close to 1,000 books. Authors featured in his program include Pauline Kael, Bob Hope, Nicholas Sparks, James Herriot, James Michener, Michael Crichton, Erma Bombeck, Joe Garagiola, Ken Follett, Lauren Bacall and hundreds of others.