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https://www.roanoke.com/news/local/former-roanoke-disc-jockey-adrian-cronauer-depicted-in-good-morning/article_e525841b-84dc-58b1-8160-8ca8cb7cda84.amp.htmlby Henry Gendreau
Adrian Cronauer, a disc jockey, actor and Pentagon adviser whose story as a radio host during the Vietnam War inspired the 1987 film “Good Morning, Vietnam,†helping make its star Robin Williams a household name, died Wednesday in Troutville. He was 79.
His death was confirmed by Jeff Hunt, a longtime Roanoke radio announcer who hired Cronauer at Roanoke FM station WPVR. He said Cronauer had been in a nursing home.
“Goooooooood morning Vietnam,†was the signature sign-on Cronauer used hosting “Dawn Buster†from 1965-6 in Saigon. Williams’ portrayal of the fictional Cronauer cemented the line in American culture, associating it with the host’s radio high jinks and irreverent view toward military hierarchy and censorship, and earning Williams an Academy Award nomination in 1987.
The line’s origins, as Cronauer recalled it, were more humble.
“That was something he did to buy him some time when he was running late in the morning,†said Pat Garrett, who worked with Cronauer at WVWR (now WVTF) in Roanoke. As the last record was playing, Cronauer would take up time setting up the next one by lengthening the “Good†until it became almost manic.
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