RIP Sonny Elliot

**mikefmich** · November-16-12, 07:40 PM

Yuck.....sad to hear this. Channel 4 news was all that was watched in my house while growing up.

RIP Sonny.

**Jimaz** · November-16-12, 11:20 PM

Laugh while you can ... or live while you can.

**yaktown** · November-17-12, 09:47 AM

Ranks right up there with the passing of Ernie Harwell. A true Detroit legend! I always made sure my radio was tuned into WWJ at 4:19 and 5:19 just to hear his forecast. After he retied about 2 years ago I aways wondered how I would know the score of the hockey game. Remember the Barky report? Later amended to the Barky-Bailey report. My brush with Sonny came in 2002 when I "won" a bus trip to Motor City Casino and Sonny was on board as entertainment.

**Trumpeteer** · November-17-12, 11:21 AM

I sit here typing this in a sad yet happy frame of mind. Sad that another piece of my childhood growing up in Detroit has passed yet happy that I was fortunate enough to grow up in what was, at least for me, a much simplier time when "humor" like Sonny Elliot's made you at least smile if not laugh. Thanks Sonny!!

**bibs** · November-17-12, 01:12 PM

Originally Posted by rjlj

"It's 52 degrees in Three Rivers; that's the highest temperature in the state. Three Rivers--that's where they started a new business, making the front ends of horses. Then they ship them to the Detroit council chambers for final assembly."

Sonny Elliot

I remember hearing that on the radio in 2008 or 2009. Never laughed so hard in my life. He really nailed it. Now that I have left Michigan, he passing is even more poignant.

**MrsApricot** · November-17-12, 03:35 PM

mikeg, that brings back memories! I saw Sonny Eliot once at the LindellAC and he gave me an autograph with that same drawing. The LindellAC had their own autograph cards so you could collect signatures from all the athletes that hung out there.

And of course, Thanksgiving wasn't complete without watching Sonny and Annette Eliot hosting the Thanksgiving parade.

**kathy2trips** · November-24-12, 12:47 AM

Wow, thanks, Ray! i love census records...fascinating!

**Kathleen** · November-24-12, 09:38 AM

More tributes....

Sonny Eliot made lasting impression on television meteorologists
http://www.mlive.com/weather/index.s...ing_impre.html

Co-workers Share Fond Memories of Funnyman Sonny Eliot
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2012/11/...n-sonny-eliot/

Sonny Eliot off the air: Pranks, Pinching, Teasing
http://www.deadlinedetroit.com/artic...you_didn_t_see

Commentary [Jack Lessenberry]: Sonny Eliot
http://www.michiganradio.org/post/co...ry-sonny-eliot

**marshamusic** · November-24-12, 08:28 PM

Sonny Eliot had a lot of soul, in more ways than one - he was a great fan of Jazz, Blues and early Black R&B. He lived in Lafayette Park in the 80's, where I lived at the time [[and now again). I'd talk to him about his days when he'd return to Hastings Street where he was born [[and where my father, Joe Von Battle, had a renown record shop) and he'd listen to music there, and in Paradise Valley. He was a lovely man, a real Detroiter.