ToquiNotes: Recalling the Amazing Life of Ed Morrison and a Legacy Featuring Beauty of Creating Smiles
By Jeff Toquinto on August 01, 2020 from ToquiNotes
By Jeff Toquinto on August 01, 2020 from ToquiNotes
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I'd have to agree Jeff. Ed could always bring out a smile or a funny line, Even if the line wasn't his he would always join in with his big laugh. I considered him a good friend. I first met Ed in the early eighties. We worked together as advertising salesmen along with Mark Mills at WPDX radio, "The Big X" I seem to remember was one of their tag lines. I was the new guy on the team and Ed or "Bob" was always there to help. I thought of him as a historian as much as anything I guess. Local born and bred, there was very little he didn't know about our local scuttlebutt. Very little he didn't know about the beginnings of local radio, the players and the doers and ohh the stories he could tell!! I always enjoyed listing to Ed telling stories about the early days of radio and the surrounding area for that matter. As I said, he knew all the characters and the roles they played that made up the fabric of our community, and I'm talking at the very least county wide. People like Ed are are always hard to lose and are missed very much. All the little incidentals the could impart that kept things interesting. The stuff that only a few would know. The folks that when you think of something and don't have a clue are the go to encyclopedia on events of the past. I'm sure his dear Carol and his family will miss him most but we should all take stock in having known one of the "good guys", and yes Jeff, a guy that even on a not so good day, a guy that could help bring out a smile :)
Posted by Steve Alfred
Aug. 01, 2020 at 7:18 AM EST
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