annual Warner Park 4th of July celebration in Woodland Hills, which attracts crowds of over 50,000 annually. Personal life and death Born in Kearney, Nebraska, Tuna was a high school athlete and sports editor of his school newspaper. Tuna spent the last years of his life in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Tarzana, where he served as the community's Honorary Mayor from 1977. He died in his sleep on February 19, 2016, at his home, aged 71. He is interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale). Recognition and awards Tuna received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (as "Charlie Tuna") in January 1990, and was inducted into the Nebraska Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in 1999. On July 18, 2008, he was voted into the National Radio Hall of Fame (NRHOF). He was inducted in Chicago by his longtime friend Larry Lujack on November 8, 2008. On September 18, 2010, Tuna was presented a Lifetime Achievement Award and inducted into the Route 66 Cruisin' Hall of Fame in San Bernardino, California. In 1997, Los Angeles Radio People readers voted him one of the Top 10 L.A. Radio Personalities of All Time, and he was elected by his LARadio.com broadcast peers as one of 2007 & 2013's Top 10 Los Angeles Radio Personalities. References External links Charlie Tuna at KEarth101.com Charlie Tuna at Black Card Radio 1944 births 2016 deaths People from Kearney, Nebraska American radio DJs American radio personalities Game show announcers