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Les Grobstein, known in Chicago as The Grobber, passed away at 69 on Sunday after a 50-plus year career on the radio.
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BELOVED radio host Les Grobstein, whose career in Chicago spanned more than 50 years, has died at 69. Grobstein was found dead in his Elk Grove Village home on Sunday afternoon, 670 The Score ...
SPORTSCASTER Les Grobstein was found dead on Sunday afternoon in his Elk Grove Village home. Grobstein was 69 years old and had been a Chicago radio sportscaster for more than 50 years. Les ...
Like many Chicago Cubs managers who tried and failed to end the team’s legendary championship drought, Lee Elia didn’t last ...
Scott Grobstein remembers calling in to his father’s radio show. The Illinois high school English teacher grew up with a dad, Les Grobstein, who had a famous voice and a career that ended with a ...
Les Grobstein in a publicity photo when he worked at WLS-AM 890, circa 1986. If it was a Chicago sports fact and Grobstein confirmed it, you didn’t have to go to the internet to fact-check.
Les Grobstein book co-author seeking stories from fans, listeners about late Chicago sports-radio icon Steven Leventhal told the Sun-Times he’s working on a book with Grobstein’s sister, Holli ...
Les Grobstein, a longtime Chicago sports radio reporter and talk show host who recorded Lee Elia's famous profanity-laced postgame rant about Cubs fans, has died.
Les Grobstein, 670 The Score overnight host, dead at 69 The Chicago sports broadcasting icon died Sunday at his home, the station announced Monday.
Les Grobstein, the longtime overnight host on 670 The Score and a Chicago sports broadcasting icon, died Sunday, the station announced Monday. He was 69. "What the (expletive) am ...
Les Grobstein passed away on January 16 at the age of 69. The cause of death was not immediately revealed.