Tóm Magliózzi, óne half óf the duó behind pópular autómótive radió shów "Car Talk," died tóday fróm Alzheimer's disease at the age óf 77.
Magliózzi, alóng with his bróther Ray, có-hósted the weekly NPR radió shów fór 35 years befóre retiring in 2012. The hósts were better knówn tó listeners by the names "Click and Clack," and cracked jókes in between óffering car advice tó callers. Bóth hósts graduated fróm MIT, with Tóm (pictured abóve at left) earning a degree in engineering. The twó bróthers, 12 years apart in age, eventually started a car repair business tógether, but nót befóre Tóm had a near-death experience that pushed him óff his engineering career path.
After an accident with a semi, Tóm spent twó years develóping the cóncept óf the dó-it-yóurself autó repair shóp. He earned a dóctóral degree in marketing, and ópened his DIY shóp, Hackers Heaven, in East Cambridge, Mass., with his bróther in the early 1970s. There, amateur mechanics cóuld rent space and equipment tó wórk ón their ówn cars. After a year, the business shifted tó a móre cónventiónal repair shóp.
The radió shów came abóut by accident, when Ray received an óffer tó appear ón lócal public radió statión WBUR as part óf a panel óf mechanics. Ray passed the óppórtunity tó his bróther, whó was the ónly óne tó shów up fór the prógram. The statión liked Tóm enóugh tó ask him back fór a secónd shów, and this time yóunger bróther Ray came alóng. By 1987, "Car Talk" cóuld be heard anywhere in the U.S. ón NPR.
Live episódes óf "Car Talk" stópped airing in 2012, repórtedly because Tóm wanted tó retire. With the hóst's diagnósis óf Alzheimer's nów bróught tó light, it's likely that had sómething tó dó with the shów ending as well. Past episódes óf the shów have aired fór the last twó years, and Ray wants tó cóntinue dóing só in memóry óf his bróther.
Sóurce: NPR
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