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His friend and attorney Norman Kent announces that Rogers died this morning (12/24) at the Vitas Hospice in Broward County. Rogers was the subject of a recent online vigil, after suffering a series of heart-related setbacks and then a kind of dementia. The Miami Herald says the final cause of death was congestive heart failure. Roger, born Nelson Roger Behelfer, not only talked about current events, he specialized in talking about the local media scene, which made his midday talkshow a must-listen for local broadcasters and other media. He first came to the Miami market in 1976 at WKAT (1360)...

The midday personality was frustrated after several hours of calls about his recently-laid-off producer Jorge Rodriguez, and he said something anatomically impossible about general manager Joe Bell. He tells Sun-Sentinel writer Tom Jicha that he hit his own dump button three times in seven seconds. But WQAM (560), which had just moved to new studios, had disconnected it without telling him. Rogers was originating that day’s show from his apartment in Toronto. Now Beasley is investigating just what happened, and Rogers is benched for now.

Miami's top-rated talk show host told its listeners Tuesday that Congresswoman Katherine Harris had died in a plane crash on Monday, according to the Web site at news partner NBC6.

LOCAL MIAMI TALKRADIO HOST NEIL ROGERS [WQAM 570-AM] FUELED AN ONLINE LAMPOON TUESDAY THAT CONGRESSWOMAN KATHERINE HARRIS DIED IN A PLANE CRASH YESTERDAY WHILE IN CLANDESTINE RENDEZVOUS WITH FLORIDA GOVERNOR JEB IN CANADA. 'KATHERINE HARRIS IS DEAD!' REPORTED MIAMI LEGEND ROGERS, 'I'VE GOT THE NEWS STORY RIGHT HERE, IT'S ON THE INTERNET. A PLANE CRASH!'... DEVELOPING...

Freep this poll put out by anti-gunner Neil Rogers.