R.I.P.: Cleveland Radio Personality Murray Saul

Murray Saul

Murray Saul, the Get Down Man whose Friday afternoon riffs and rants on WMMS 100.7 FM made him a local celebrity in the 1970s, has died at the age of 86, according to longtime colleague and former WMMS music and program director John Gorman.

According to cleveland.com, Gorman posted on his Facebook page late Sunday night that Saul had died, just days after Saul had celebrated his 86th birthday.

"It is with great sadness I must inform you that our dear close friend and colleague Murray Saul passed away this evening," Gorman wrote.

No details on Saul's death were available late Sunday evening. Saul still lived in Cleveland.

Saul became a radio icon in Cleveland with his Friday Get Down rants, in which he talked about about heartless bosses, boring jobs and the screwed-up state of the world. Whipped to a frantic pitch, he'd scream, "Gotta -- gotta -- gotta -- get doooooowwwn!"

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Post by John Gorman.