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'Bay Area Backroads' Jerry Graham Dies in Santa Cruz

The popular host was a fixture at basketball courts, dog parks and Chaminade.

The man who gave the front page treatment to backroads, Jerry Graham, died Monday of a heart attack.

Graham, 78, had just been playing basketball April 14 and appeared to be in good shape.

Get full details of his life, with videos here, on his son's website.

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Best detail: Jerry got fired from a small TV station in Binghampton, N.Y. for having a laughing attack while doing the weather. But he ended up at the bigger WNEW-AM radio in New York City.

You gotta love that.

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