Tom Magliozzi, NPR ‘Car Talk’ Host, Dead at 77

The veteran host helmed the Peabody Award-winning auto advice radio show

Tom Magliozzi, who hosted NPR’s “Car Talk” for close to three decades, died Monday after a long bout with Alzheimer’s. He was 77.

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NPR tweeted out the sad news on Monday morning.

Along with his brother Ray Magliozzi, Tom had co-hosted the program since 1977, starting out on Boston’s WBUR. In 2012, the comedic pair announced they were ending the show on NPR.

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“We can be happy that he lived the life he wanted to live; goofing off a lot, talking to you guys every week, and primarily, laughing his ass off,” Ray said in a statement, while a number of journalists responded to the news via social media.

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