GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A Grand Rapids radio legend, Aris Peter Hampers, died over the weekend, multiple radio organizations said Monday.
Hampers worked for WLAV for many years, and also WBFX and WKLQ before he passed, WLAV says.
It wasn't immediately clear how he died, but he publicly shared his health struggles with cancer in 2019.
Hampers said back then that doctors found a cancerous tumor on his windpipe.
"His love for music extended beyond a mic on the radio. Hampers was a band member for years as well as an owner of a disc shop in Grand Rapids," WLAV shared in a post Monday morning.
"Aris Hampers was the very fabric of WLAV and his legacy will live on in Grand Rapids. Our hearts are heavy."
Hampers was a singer and keyboardist in the local band The SoulBenders. Their 1967 song "I Can't Believe in Love" was a popular hit in West Michigan.
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