EUGENE, Ore. — Longtime KKNU (NEW COUNTRY 93.3), radio personality Bill Barrett has entered hospice care after a long
battle with cancer.

New Country’s Tim Fox tells us Barrett was diagnosed with a
recurrence of cancer back in April of this year.

Barrett had hosted the morning show on 93.3 for decades with
Fox and Tracy Berry (below) before he retired last year.

UPDATE: Barrett passed away Wednesday afternoon
                 August 17th.

Bill (left) with his fellow Country Radio Hall of Fame
Class of 2018 members Tracy Berry and Tim Fox.

Olivia Newton-John (26 September 1948 – 8 August 2022)

Olivia Newton-John, beloved actress and singer best known for
her role as Sandy Olsson in Grease and for hits such as 1981’s “Physical,” died on Monday (Aug. 8) at her ranch in California. She
was 73 years old.

It was announced in May of 2017 that Newton-John’s breast
cancer from past years had returned and metastasized to her lower
back. Her back pains had initially been misdiagnosed. She was 
experiencing a great deal of pain from the metastatic bone lesions
and had openly spusing cannabis oil to ease her pain. Her daughter Chloe owns a cannabis farm in Oregon.

Brett Tuggle (1951/1952 – June 19, 2022)

Fleetwood Mac’s former keyboardist Brett Tuggie died
Sunday. He had been diagnosed with cancer.        

William McChord Hurt (March 20, 1950 – March 13, 2022)

It was announced in May 2018 that Hurt had terminal prostate
cancer that had already metastasized to the bones.

Hurt died from complications of the disease at his home in
Portland, Oregon.

William Hurt, was one of the 1980s’ foremost leading men in
movies such as "Broadcast News," "Body Heat" and "The Big
Chill,"

2004

(1951 – 2022)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Louie Anderson, whose four-decade career
as a comedian and actor included his unlikely, Emmy-winning
performance as mom to twin adult sons in the TV series “Baskets,”
died Friday in a hospital in Las Vegas of complications from a form
of blood cancer. He was 68.