‘He lived for the music’: Jim Ladd, ‘The Last DJ’ who inspired Tom Petty song, dies aged 75

In 2011, when Ladd and a number of his colleagues were sacked from KLOS after it was acquired by Cumulus media, Petty paid tribute during an intimate performance with the Heartbreakers at Cal State Northridge.

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