adjacent studio to relieve Yonge and Sklar told Yonge, "When you come in tomorrow to do your show, I don't want you to talk any more about this McCartney might be dead rumor". Yonge then told Sklar, "I won't be in anymore but you'll be famous in the morning". The next day, many newspapers nationwide carried the story about the "is Paul dead" rumor and Roby Yonge. In an interview with his friend John Paul Roberts ("JPR"), former WQAM DJ, Yonge said this about the Paul McCartney rumor, "I never said the guy is dead, and I don't say it now, but there's reason to believe something is going on". A 90-minute JPR interview with Roby Yonge, where he talks in detail about the "Paul is dead" rumor as well as the circumstances leading to his being hired at WABC, can be heard at this website. Marshak continued to do Yonge's show on WABC until a replacement was hired. Sklar's reach did not cross radio bands, as, less than three weeks later, on November 14, 1969, former WABC DJ Bob "Bob-a-loo" Lewis did a full production "Paul is Dead" show on WABC-FM, putting forth many of the same assertions about McCartney's supposed death that had resulted in Yonge being yanked off the air. Yonge was hired by WCBS-FM, where he helped introduce the "Oldies" format of popular songs to that station. After a few years, he returned to Florida, where he served as general manager of Mother WMUM, an early FM rock station in Palm Beach. After the demise of Mother in 1972, Yonge became a morning personality on Y100 WHYI-FM in Fort Lauderdale/Miami. He was fired after the first day on the air, August 3, 1973. by WHYI National Program Director Buzz Bennett, who Roby had a personality conflict with. The next day he moved to the competitor WMYQ, where he did the morning show. In 1987, Yonge did a morning show at WKAT in Miami, then returned in 1993 to do a music/talk show on 790 WMRZ. Death Roby Yonge died on July 18, 1997 of an apparent heart attack at age 54. References 1943 births 1997 deaths American radio DJs People from Ocala, Florida