Howard Stern's WNBC Nemesis Passes Away

When allaccess.com broke the news of Kevin Metheny’s passing at age 60 in the Bay Area from a heart attack, the radio industry website respectfully made no mention of the fact that the 60-year-old heart attack victim was immortalized by Howard Stern in Private Parts as “Pig Vomit.”

However, much of the subsequent coverage – by the New York Daily News, TMZ and others – has bannered the WNBC program-director-days mockery. With TMZ opting for the original, pre-book moniker:

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Chicago media critic Robert Feder, who met Metheny during the latter’s time with WGN, has shared some warm remembrances.

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