CBS New York has the details about the death of the longtime New York City DJ who worked at WHN, WYNY, and most recently WCBS-FM. Daniel’s son, Chris Daniel, sent out a message saying his father died “suddenly” Tuesday morning. The cause of Daniel’s death was not indicated.
Dan Daniel was the Reader at our wedding. He was a radio star in four formats in New York–Country, Top 40, Adult Contemporary, which he helped to create, and Oldies. He was a gracious, positive humble friend, We all tried to achieve his stature but none of us could match the tall cool Texan.