James "Jim' Martin Taber, a former radio personality at KLIF-AM (1190) in Dallas, died Monday of brain cancer at his Dallas home. He was 52.
Services will be at 4 p.m. Saturday at Restland Funeral Home's Memorial Chapel in Dallas with burial at Restland Memorial Park.
The Dallas native worked at KLIF in the late 1960s as music director and an on-air host, leaving Dallas in 1972.
Mr. Taber returned to Dallas in the late 1980s to work as account executive for TM Century Inc., creating jingles for TV stations, said Rod Roddy, close friend and announcer for The Price Is Right, who worked with Mr. Taber at KLIF.
Having fought lung cancer years ago, Mr. Taber was diagnosed as having brain cancer in July, Mr. Roddy said.
In early August, Mr. Taber brought his work home and continued creating jingles that aired internationally, said Ken Dowe, a close friend and broadcast investor.
"He was a lovely person who was very talented,' Mr. Roddy said. "He always maintained a sense of humor through his illness.'
Mr. Taber is survived by Steven Johnson of Dallas, longtime companion; his father, F. Wallace "Wally' Taber, a wildlife journalist, photographer and lecturer; and his stepmother, Betty Taber, both of El Paso; and a great-aunt, Mamie Berryman of Dallas.
Dallas Morning News
March 19, 1993
Services will be at 4 p.m. Saturday at Restland Funeral Home's Memorial Chapel in Dallas with burial at Restland Memorial Park.
The Dallas native worked at KLIF in the late 1960s as music director and an on-air host, leaving Dallas in 1972.
Mr. Taber returned to Dallas in the late 1980s to work as account executive for TM Century Inc., creating jingles for TV stations, said Rod Roddy, close friend and announcer for The Price Is Right, who worked with Mr. Taber at KLIF.
Having fought lung cancer years ago, Mr. Taber was diagnosed as having brain cancer in July, Mr. Roddy said.
In early August, Mr. Taber brought his work home and continued creating jingles that aired internationally, said Ken Dowe, a close friend and broadcast investor.
"He was a lovely person who was very talented,' Mr. Roddy said. "He always maintained a sense of humor through his illness.'
Mr. Taber is survived by Steven Johnson of Dallas, longtime companion; his father, F. Wallace "Wally' Taber, a wildlife journalist, photographer and lecturer; and his stepmother, Betty Taber, both of El Paso; and a great-aunt, Mamie Berryman of Dallas.
Dallas Morning News
March 19, 1993
James "Jim' Martin Taber, a former radio personality at KLIF-AM (1190) in Dallas, died Monday of brain cancer at his Dallas home. He was 52.
Services will be at 4 p.m. Saturday at Restland Funeral Home's Memorial Chapel in Dallas with burial at Restland Memorial Park.
The Dallas native worked at KLIF in the late 1960s as music director and an on-air host, leaving Dallas in 1972.
Mr. Taber returned to Dallas in the late 1980s to work as account executive for TM Century Inc., creating jingles for TV stations, said Rod Roddy, close friend and announcer for The Price Is Right, who worked with Mr. Taber at KLIF.
Having fought lung cancer years ago, Mr. Taber was diagnosed as having brain cancer in July, Mr. Roddy said.
In early August, Mr. Taber brought his work home and continued creating jingles that aired internationally, said Ken Dowe, a close friend and broadcast investor.
"He was a lovely person who was very talented,' Mr. Roddy said. "He always maintained a sense of humor through his illness.'
Mr. Taber is survived by Steven Johnson of Dallas, longtime companion; his father, F. Wallace "Wally' Taber, a wildlife journalist, photographer and lecturer; and his stepmother, Betty Taber, both of El Paso; and a great-aunt, Mamie Berryman of Dallas.
Dallas Morning News
March 19, 1993
Services will be at 4 p.m. Saturday at Restland Funeral Home's Memorial Chapel in Dallas with burial at Restland Memorial Park.
The Dallas native worked at KLIF in the late 1960s as music director and an on-air host, leaving Dallas in 1972.
Mr. Taber returned to Dallas in the late 1980s to work as account executive for TM Century Inc., creating jingles for TV stations, said Rod Roddy, close friend and announcer for The Price Is Right, who worked with Mr. Taber at KLIF.
Having fought lung cancer years ago, Mr. Taber was diagnosed as having brain cancer in July, Mr. Roddy said.
In early August, Mr. Taber brought his work home and continued creating jingles that aired internationally, said Ken Dowe, a close friend and broadcast investor.
"He was a lovely person who was very talented,' Mr. Roddy said. "He always maintained a sense of humor through his illness.'
Mr. Taber is survived by Steven Johnson of Dallas, longtime companion; his father, F. Wallace "Wally' Taber, a wildlife journalist, photographer and lecturer; and his stepmother, Betty Taber, both of El Paso; and a great-aunt, Mamie Berryman of Dallas.
Dallas Morning News
March 19, 1993
