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December 26, 2011 By 18 Comments

As you probably know by now Lynn Samuels passed away over the weekend. It is not possible to understand how someone so overfull of life could be bereft of it. We shared emails back and forth two weeks ago after a show. Lynn, as always unpredictable and provocative, had become an avid Ron Paul supporter. We exchanged thoughts on that, on Kyle, the season and the current state of radio. She was a talent unique on radio, especially these days when hosts are required to follow the party line. No one who heard her over the airwaves would ever forget her. And beyond that she was also a sweet, precious human being whom I had the privilege to call a friend.

Some of you may have met her at my birthday party, others might remember her from her work on radio. Tomorrow, Tuesday Dec. 27th, I will host a three hour morning tribute on Sirius Left, Channel 127 from 7-10 where we can share our thoughts and memories about Lynn. Many of her friends in broadcasting will be calling in but you can join us as well. The studio number is 1 866 99-SIRIUS.

I hope to end the show with a segment of listeners singing Christmas Carols, one of Lynn‘s signature segments at this time of year. The New Year is somewhat less than Happy for her disappearance from it.

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  • Guest

    Rich: Any chance of recording this?

  • Laurie

    Yes – please – will this be recorded?

  • guest

    Thank you for doing this tribute to Lynn. We are being robbed of great conversations.

  • JoAnne

    My heart sank a little when I heard that Lynn passed away. I will miss her. Thanks for a wonderful tribute.

  • myshka

    I loved her intelligence, her wit and her absolute honesty. She had the courage to express her beliefs and not waver, even when everybody else, it seemed, thought she was crazy and wrong. I remember her distrust of Obama from the very beginning and then years later when she was flooded with calls from listeners who admitted that she had been right all along. I remember her saying that she took no joy in that because it meant that the country was going downhill. She was a true patriot and a very compassionate human being. I will miss her greatly. Rest in peace, Lynn.

  • Guest

    REPOSTING: Lynn Tribute on Alex Bennett show with Richard Bey and Alex Bennett – http://www.filedropper.com/lynnremembered (I did not post it; just reposting the link.)

  • JoAnne

    I believe that they are re-broadcasting the Lynn Samuels tribute on Saturday during the Alex Bennett show…7-10 am SiriusXM
    I cannot believe that she is gone. Plus, a tribute with Alex Bennett, her sister, Judy, and an obit in the NY Times. Lynn must be cracking up laughing in heaven. OY! RIP, my friend. You were loved and will be missed terribly.

  • http://twitter.com/SirYuckYuck ~ Sir Ðan ♔

    Thanks to Mas Snave @sameritech on Twitter for posting Lynn’s last 11 shows as downloads at http://sameritech.wordpress.com/2011/12/26/lynn-samuels-show-the-final-shows/ I listened to Lynn on Weekend nights on WABC and Weekday afternoons on Sirius Left 146 . When our Lynn was banished to Weekend mornings, I really never got to listen (I tend to sleep in on weekends LOL) so those last few shows – which I have downloaded are shows I haven’t heard so they are all new for me and they are keepsakes :) We had nothing like her in Canada, her voice and she herself – will be deeply missed by me . R.I.P. Lynn .

  • http://www.facebook.com/dan613 Ðanny Sauvé

    Forgot to add in my ~ Sir Ðan ♔ post below that if you are on Facebook come join the group Fans of Lynn Samuels :)

  • JoAnne

    I will miss Lynn’s website. She had a wonderful collection of the most eclectic articles from just about anywhere.

  • Morefaves

    Thank you Richard, and the people who posted this tribute. It was great to hear rememberences of Lynn, and great to hear you Richard, since I don’t have Sat radio.

  • http://www.facebook.com/chip.gass Chip Gass

    Rest in Peace Lynn. Thank you for so many moments of Great Radio. I was pissed when Sirius XM moved her to week-ends. Like most of her listeners, we feel like we knew her. We knew she liked casinos, didn’t drive, loved Arizona and hated everyone in her neighborhood in Queens NY except for her fruit vendor.

  • http://www.perthelectricalservices.com.au/ moulnathan

    Truly I miss Lynn Samuels more than hundred times everyday. So sad for us who loves Lynn Samuels. In my point of view she has best colection of eclectic articles.

  • goldengrain

    I never subscribed to Sirius, but listened to Lynn throughout most of her career from her start at WBAI. There was always such a personal and honest quality about her. She seemed like almost like the sister I never had. The world has lost some of its sparkle with Lynn’s passing.

  • Anonymous

    Lynn Samuels would totally crack up that this middle aged man in small town Bangor,Maine first heard her in the 90′s on WABC (using the word “heard” lightly here as the reception to get her way up here was not always reliable) and fell in love with her. While I did not follow her much afterwards not subscribing to Sirius and all, I think one word pretty much sums up my description of Lynn Samuels and that is REAL. Sadness for all you media folks and friends who knew her, and keep on posting any/all broadcasts of Lynn – I’m loving them all!

  • MOIRAREGIS

    Oh, how I miss Lynn Samuels; I can’t quite figure out [or afford] sirius or xm or any collaboration thereof, so i hadn’t heard her in years. I understand she took some bizarro positions in her later years [lynn samuels a BIRTHER?], but she was certainly entitled to her opinions and I am sure presented them in her utterly idiosyncratic and individual way. I’m from the South Shore of Long Island [with the accent to go with it, thank God] and the first time I heard that voice as I was flipping through the stations one day in the 1980s, I stopped dead, said, “What the hell was THAT?” and flipped right back to wbai to hear what the hell it was–the great Lynn Samuels, always herself, and therefore always unique and inimitable. I hope she’s giving them hell in the Great Beyond, where I am certain she was welcomed into the good place. God, I hope they’ve got a bar up there.

  • Ntagnizr

    Rich,I was out of the country and not driving for a few weeks. My radio has not been working great and I haven’t heard Lynn on in a while. This evening I had some time and looked online to see when she’s on and I came to find this terrible news.I’m sick to my stomach.I feel like I lost a friend that kept me up nights while I drove in the metro area. My condolences to her family.I’ll miss her company, RIP Lynn.

  • Roxiepeggy54

    I really loved listening to Lynn but didnt get to lately because the powers thaat be in Sirius robbed us of her voice on weekdays. I was shocked today to learn that she had died. This should have been national news. We loved you Lynn. I will never forget the primaries where our girl was cheated. I will miss you terribly.