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==Personal life== Born in [[Quasqueton, Iowa]], as '''Larry Lee Blankenburg''', the family moved to [[Caldwell, Idaho]], when he was 13.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/24/us/larry-lujack-a-cranky-radio-voice-that-carried-dies-at-73.html?_r=0 |work=The New York Times |first=Margalit |last=Fox |title=Larry Lujack, a Cranky Radio Voice That Carried, Dies at 73 |date=December 23, 2013}}</ref><ref name=Lujack>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14453673/lujack_1984/|title=Superjock|author=Weingarten, Paul|page=192|date=September 30, 1984|publisher=Chicago Tribune|access-date=October 16, 2017|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> He later changed his last name to that of his football idol, [[Johnny Lujack]]. He attended the [[College of Idaho]] in [[Caldwell, Idaho]], and [[Washington State University]] and was a [[radio]] [[disc jockey]], starting in 1958, at [[KCID]] in Caldwell.<ref name= "Turn it up">{{Citation |editor-last= Shannon |editor-first= Bob |title= Turn It Up! American Radio Tales 1946-1996 |year= 2009 |pages= 214β220 |publisher= Austrianmonk Publishing |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=IOd_Y6_Af8EC |isbn= 978-1-61584-545-3 |access-date= 2010-04-11}}</ref> His entry into radio while a biology major at College of Idaho was a matter of finances; at the time he was looking for a part-time job. He originally intended to go into wildlife conservation.<ref name= "Interview" /> He subsequently worked at several other [[radio station]]s, including [[KJR (AM)]] in Seattle,<ref>[http://www.reelradio.com/ram/beg2.ram?llkjr66.ra~0:00.0~10:05.7 audio file-Reel Radio-Larry Lujack aircheck-KJR-July 1966]</ref> but is best known for his antics on [[Chicago]] [[AM radio]] stations [[WLS (AM)|WLS]] and [[WCFL (AM)|WCFL]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110714123752/http://www.mrpopculture.com/files/July%2013%2C%201972.pdf Mr Pop History: Week of July 13, 1972-Larry Lujack joins WCFL-page 4]. Archived from [http://www.mrpopculture.com/files/July%2013,%201972.pdf the original] on July 14, 2011</ref> Lujack had three children from his first marriage and a stepson from his second. Away from the job, he was a [[golf]] enthusiast. After triple [[coronary artery bypass surgery]] in 1991, Lujack marked his calendar for the date his doctor told him he could return to the sport. Not just a "fair weather" golfer, Lujack suited up in [[winter clothing]] and [[snowshoe]]s to play Chicago area golf courses in winter. On January 23, 1985, he played a full 18 holes at [[Buffalo Grove, Illinois]]; the temperature was 27 degrees below zero with a windchill of -75 degrees. Lujack collapsed afterward.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1991/12/11/chicago-place-assists-disabled-shoppers/ |title=Chicago:Winter Golf Hotbed |date=December 11, 1991 |author=Hanley, Reed |work=Chicago Tribune |access-date=December 19, 2013}}</ref> Lujack, a heavy smoker, died December 18, 2013, at a [[Santa Fe, New Mexico]], hospice of [[esophageal cancer]].<ref name=Lujack/><ref name=Trib>{{cite news |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-larry-lujack-dead-20131218,0,3056121.story |title=Larry Lujack, legendary Chicago DJ, dies |publisher=Chicago Tribune |date=2013-12-18 |access-date=2013-12-18 |first1=Michelle |last1=Manchir |first2=Robert |last2=Channick}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.suntimes.com/24467978-418/legendary-superjock-larry-lujack-dies-at-73.html |title=Legendary 'Superjock' Larry Lujack dies at 73 |last=Hoekstra |first=Dave |work=Chicago Sun Times |date=December 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140217003935/http://www.suntimes.com/24467978-418/legendary-superjock-larry-lujack-dies-at-73.html/|archive-date=February 17, 2014|access-date=December 19, 2013}}</ref><ref name=SFGate>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Famed-Chicago-radio-host-Larry-Lujack-dies-at-73-5078403.php |title=Famed Chicago radio host Larry Lujack dies at 73 |publisher=San Francisco Chronicle |date=2013-12-19 |access-date=2013-12-19 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220062901/http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Famed-Chicago-radio-host-Larry-Lujack-dies-at-73-5078403.php |archive-date=2013-12-20 }}</ref>
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