Lou Adler

Q: When did Lou Adler die?

Lou Adler died on December 22, 2017.

Q: How old was Lou Adler when they died?

Lou Adler was 88 years old at the time of death.

Q: What was Lou Adler's cause of death?

The cause of death of Lou Adler was Alzheimer's disease.

Louis Charles Adler (April 18, 1929 – December 22, 2017) was an American radio journalist, director of Quinnipiac University's Ed McMahon Mass Communication Center, and also was Quinnipiac's Fred Friendly-endowed Professor of Broadcast Journalism.

Biography

Adler was born in Jamestown, New York, the son of Sylvan David Adler, a salesman, and Myrtie Marguerite Peterson. A longtime morning news anchor on WCBS in New York, Adler was credited with popularizing the "talk news radio" format on WCBS during the late 1960s. From 1969 to 1980, Adler also served as WCBS' general manager and/or news director, but was replaced by Robert Vaughn in 1981. After his retirement, he became owner of WKFD, an AM radio station in Wickford, Rhode Island. ^{[citation needed]}