Alan Dary, popular host of Boston radio shows; at 89

Alan Dary (right), talking with swing legend Tommy Dorsey

By Emma Stickgold

Globe Correspondent / November 24, 2009

E-mail|
Reprints|

Text size – +

From behind his bedroom’s closed door, a young Alan Dary could often be heard talking at length. At first, it surprised his mother, who could not imagine who was on the other end of the conversation. She quickly found out he was reading aloud from the newspaper, in his best radio voice, rehearsing for a career that would make him ... (Full article: 932 words)