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| Kent Simonis |
Radio station KEYZ 660 AM in Williston, ND, where Simonis was a host for many years, released the following statement on Tuesday:
"We here at 660 KEYZ News Radio, Cherry Creek Media which includes Power 95 in Sidney and Z96 Dakota Country, are in a state of mourning, having lost a dear on air colleague.
"Ray Simonis, the Maverick as he was widely known, and I only knew of him the five years I've been here, but he always lit up the room when he came in. Had a shoulder for us to lean on, a joke or two to lighten our paths and never dwelled on his own troubles.
"He was relentless when it came to his duties in running a professional operation over at power 95 in Sidney and at the other two stations when called upon, which is why we were alarmed when he missed an important sales meeting yesterday. Our General Manager asked the local authorities to make a welfare call on Maverick and what they found confirmed our worst fears.
"Now we must carry on in the belief that our colleague has found peace and is with his loved ones; but it can not go unsaid how terrible we all feel that he had to walk those final steps, alone, with no one apparently there to hold his hand. He deserved better, Rest in Peace good friend."
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