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5 il 5 Lanier 7 ft. minimum I Mr-, The Louver Shop 513-469-2239 800-528-7866 www.louvershop.com Sale Fnds 221 04 MW: Have A Sweet Holiday! 7 mired so much. "Over the years, we called on him to help with many events here in Cleves and I don't think he ever said no. And he always did it for free, even at Halloween, his busiest time of year. Tricia Macke, co-anchor of Channel 19's 10 p.m.

news, also remembers the humor. "He hired me at Storer Cable while I was still in college. Can you believe that? We all thought we were great, but I look back at it now and realize we were awful, even for cable. We'd fall over words, use the wrong intonation. "As bad as we were, Dick always treated it like it was network news and never blew up.

He'd take us aside and tell us exactly what we did wrong and how to avoid it in the future." C-f. tec' Local broadcaster versatile, generous during long career By Jim Knippenberg The Cincinnati Enquirer To his stunned friends, Dick Von Hoene's death Wednesday night represents the passing of an era. Von Hoene, 63, died of an apparent heart attack after a 40-year career in local radio and television, most notably as the campy Cool Ghoul, host of Channel 19's weekly Scream In horror film. Famous for his stringy orange hair and the Ghoul's screeching "Bluhhhh-bluhhhh" tag line, he was host of Northern Kentucky Magazine at the time of his death. "He was definitely one of the last of the old-time TV hosts," said retired broadcaster Len Goorian.

"People don't realize it, but outside of the news, there is no live local TV anymore. The city is a lot poorer for not having it, and we're a lot poorer for not having him anymore." Dave Ashbrock, Channel 19 executive producer and a friend for 25 years, agrees: "He was one of those professionals you just don't see anymore a trained actor who brought all that background and all those skills to TV." Quick on his feet Von Hoene's advantage, Ashbrock said, was that "Dick was so quick on his feet, a true master of the one-line punch line. Sometimes (the producers) would throw him a curve. and he'd roll right with it He always had a comeback." But what most people admired about him was his versatility, Ashbrock said. "So many people will Give a brillant heart shaped box of our gourmet chocolates.

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It was such a big deal (when) we were allowed to stay up late to watch him. I even went to some of his live appearances and had my own Cool Ghoul dartboard. "Later, I was on his show. What a thrill. It was like meeting an idol." A lot of Cincinnati feels that way.

E-mail jknippenbergenquirer. com Tim Carter's Ask the Builder find something they do well and he did the Ghoul very well and put all their stock in it. Then, when it ends, they have nothing left. "But not Dick. He slid easily into news, DJ, talk-show host, and, in his 50s, he even learned how to shoot news." He even moved easily into the role of royalty.

For the past three years, he has been Goetta King at Northern Kentucky's goetta fest. That civic spirit is what friend and former WNOP broadcaster Walt Harrell (known as Bunky Tad-well during his 'NOP days) ad- Saturdays 6am-7am Improving Your Home Improvement! Fright wig shares ghoulish origins Career spanned more than 40 years had died in a car crash awhile before and needed a wig in that color. Dana made it for her, but also realized that only the front half would show, what with her head on one of those big fluffy satin pillows and all. "Not being one to waste, he cut the wig in half. Dick took the back half and wore it his entire career." "Did you ever hear the story about why Dick's (Von Hoene) fright wig was only the back half of a wig?" artist and friend Judy Harrell asks.

"He went up to Dana Bruce, a costumer around town, and told him he wanted a wig in this sort of odd color that he could make kind of stringy and scraggly. Dana had just the thing. A woman Mention Dick Von Hoene's name among broadcast professionals and one word always comes up: Versatility. Consider the depth and breadth of his career: Pre-1962: Student, actor and advertising copy writer. 1962: Radio writer and sometimes announcer at the now defunct WCPO-AM.

1967: Announcer, WUBEWCXL-FM Early 70s: Used acting experience to create Cool Ghoul, and hosted Channel 19's Scream In weekly horror film. 1973: Reporter, WUBE-FM 1979: Disc jockey, WUBE-FM 1983: News announcer, WFKB, Florence Early '80s: Spot work on TV as the Cool Ghoul for Channel 19 1986: News anchor, Storer Cable Mid-'90s to present: Talk show host on Northern Kentucky Magazine for Insight Cable. I' I- mmmlmimmmmalMmam ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT y. "rr. LI LIvSJ i jj PIIIII1I.IJ illlj 4 I A -Xs bt.fc Gorilla Brand Premium Glue 'S'-tVSRsl' il I -1 ir nm lainrr- is the all purpose, interior ()fj fi i I Uh mostrepairand.

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