R.I.P: Former Philly Radio Host Harry Gross

Harry Gross

Legendary Philadelphia Daily News personal-finance columnist and radio talk-show host Harry S. Gross, 92, died of heart failure Sunday at his home.

Gross was a trailblazer in local media, providing financial advice to consumers. In 1978, he started a call-in radio program that ran for more than 20 years on Philadelphia radio stations WCAU and WWDB. He wrote his personal-finance column for the Daily News from 1981 until his retirement late last year.

Among his mantras were "Live beneath your means," and "If it sounds too good to be true, it is too good to be true."