R.I.P.: Akron Radio Host/OM Chuck Collins

Legendary Akron radio host Chuck Collins died after a long battle with cancer.

He was 62-years-of-age. He chronicled his own battle with brain cancer in an e-book.

Collins was a 40 year veteran of broadcasting in Northeast Ohio, mostly in Akron.

He was a host on N/T WAKR 1590 and served as operations director for Rubber City Radio Group.

Collins, who grew up in Warrensville Heights, started his radio career in Cleveland in 1974 as a producer and part of the morning team on the old "M-105," which later became WMJI. He also worked at WWWE.

He was better known in Akron, where he was program director for WKDD-FM through the 1990s.