a major change to a talk, news and public affairs format, and Buckley's show was shortened from three hours to one hour, and on Sunday, 27 July 2008, he bid the airwaves farewell in his final broadcast, a two-hour special featuring guests and testimonials. Death Buckley died on Thursday, July 22, 2010 at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Illinois from complications of pneumonia. He was 85. References External links Brief Biography at the WBEZ web site A radio voice at a crossroads. October 20, 2006 – Chicago Tribune Profile at AccessMyLibrary Dick Buckley revisited, WBEZ revamped. June 27, 2006 – Article in the Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest Dick Buckley's Archives of Jazz Collection at the Chicago Public Library—which exist as reel-to-reels and are in need of preservation work before they can be heard; funding is necessary. Dick Buckley's Retirement from Radio program aired on Chicago's WBEZ July 27, 2008, made available as internet stream (Flash) July 29. Q&A Dick Buckley. Excerpt from Issue 24. Feb 29, 2006. Shows an undated photo of Dick Buckley posing with Count Basie and Joe Williams. Radio personalities from Chicago 1924 births 2010 deaths Indiana University alumni