Richard Beebe
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Richard Beebe in the original line-up of Lew Irwin and The Credibility Gap (left to right): John Gilliland, Thom Beck, Len Chandler, Richard Beebe, and Lew Irwin from An Album Of Political Pornography
Richard Beebe (c. 1930 – August 29, 1998) was on the air for five decades in Los Angeles and won two Golden Mic Awards. A founding member of The Credibility Gap,[1] his experience and wit that moulded into its famous four man group. He was an original Beatnik still working and being creative in the late 1960s when he discovered Harry Shearer, David L. Lander, and Michael McKean, all much younger than he. Most of their early work can be heard at The Paley Center for Media in Los Angeles And NYC.
An Air Force veteran, he died of lung cancer in 1998.[1]
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- ^ a b "Obituaries; Richard Beebe; Local Radio Broadcaster", L.A. Times: B10, Sep 3, 1998, http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/33640540.html?dids=33640540:33640540&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Sep+03%2C+1998&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Obituaries%3B+Richard+Beebe%3B+Local+Radio+Broadcaster&pqatl=google
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