Beloved sports radio host Harry Teinowitz found dead after liver transplant complications
According to reports, the 64-year-old was found unresponsive at his home in Evanston, Illinois. The Chicago Tribune said that complications from a liver transplant that he had in 2023 was the cause.
Teinowitz started his radio career in the 90s, hosting a sports comedy show for WMVP and built a cult following.
'He just had a million ideas and he always wanted to be funny,' his former co-host Carmen DeFalco told the New York Times in response to his passing.
'He was always thinking of silly, creative, goofy things to do and he believed in all of them. He always committed to the bit. If it flopped, he didn't care. He just wanted to try.'
But Teinowitz would perhaps best be known for his drive-time radio show with Dan McNeil and former NFL player John Jurkovic, the former defensive tackle for the Green Bay Packers and Jacksonville Jaguars.
He presented that show form eight years, from 2001 up to 2009.
Years later, Teinowitz wrote a play about getting sober after being arrested in 2011 driving with a blood-alcohol limit at twice the legal level.
The show - called 'When Harry Met Rehab' opened in Chicago in 2021 and even had a run in New York in late 2024.
Less than a month ago, Teinowitz reflected on his 2023 liver transplant in a post on X that is now especially poignant.
He wrote on X on June 25: '2 years & 10 days ago I was told a liver's coming but I should make sure my affairs are in order. 2 years ago today one of my miracles happened.'
He leaves behind two children, two brothers and a sister.
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