Posted on January 13 at 3:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I worked with JD from 1981 to 1990. I was the accountant at WTSO/Z104. JD worked from 6-10 AM and JD would quite often stop in the accounting office after his show and plop down on the chair in front of my typewriter. (We had typewriters then.) Any compliment about how funny his show was that day was taken with humility. Yes, he did call everyone "Buddy" and you were immediately his best friend. I am happy to hear that he continued to say "it is better to have a bottle in front of you than a fontal lobotomy". He was in the Naval Air Force and as JD said, "It's hard to force air through a navel." My sincere condolences to Ruthann, who is as nice as JD and was always so nice to me. JD will be in my heart forever.
Margie Afifi
Madison, WI

On God Bless...J.D. Barber