GARY OWENS – COMPLICATIONS DUE TO DIABETES

Radio star Gary Owens was once one of Hollywood’s most notable personalities. He started his career back in the 1950s and was able to maintain it well into the 1990s. Throughout his career, Gary explored several areas of radio, from broadcasting down to voice acting. Gary Owens’s most celebrated work as a famous personality were Laugh-In and Space Ghost. In the latter part of his career, he also worked as an announcer for Antenna TV.

His voice was his greatest investment, and he wouldn’t achieve his great stature without it. In 1980, after almost three decades in the industry, Gary Owens was finally rewarded with his own star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Then in 2004, Gary authored a book titled How To Make A Million Dollars With Your Voice chronicling his life on the radio. Sadly, he fell to the clutches of his Type 1 diabetes at the age of 80. He had been battling against this condition since he was eight.