06-02-2025
Former Charleston radio DJ dies from complications of pancreatic cancer
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A former Charleston-area radio DJ has passed away due to complications of pancreatic cancer.
Lori Morris, known to many throughout the 80s and 90s as Lori Niks, died Monday at her Goose Creek home, according to an online obituary.
Morris was born in Lansing, Michigan, and later moved to Moncks Corner where she went on to graduate from Berkeley High School in 1980. She attended the School of Journalism at the University of South Carolina and soon began her career in broadcasting as a personality on WAVE FM (96Wave), and later spent 13 years on WEZL.
'She had always loved music, so music radio was just right,' her obituary said.
Morris eventually left broadcasting in 2002 after purchasing a small business with her brother, Joel, in Summerville.
Family members say Morris was comfortable in widely different situations like classical music concerts in Chicago or at a Garth Brooks concert at the North Charleston Coliseum. They said she was a 'stalwart captain who spoke to City Council about the needs of her tennis teams, and she was a diplomatic leader.'
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