{"id":40865,"date":"2020-06-17T19:33:14","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T18:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=40865"},"modified":"2020-06-17T19:37:02","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T18:37:02","slug":"ben-murey-bruce-mourns-dan-foster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/ben-murey-bruce-mourns-dan-foster\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Murey-Bruce Mourns Dan Foster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Founder of Silverbird Group and former Senator of the Federal Republic, Senator Ben Murey-Bruce has joined Nigerians mourning the popular Radio host, Dan Foster who passed on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet from his verified Twitter handle @benmurraybruce, the Senator who Represented Bayelsa East Senatorial District in the Upper House, said, &#8220;The death of Dan Foster saddens me. He was an excellent friend of mine and a veteran radio host bar none. May his soul rest in peace.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Foster, a prominent Nigerian-American broadcaster according to sources died around 1pm on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>His death is widely suspected to have been associated with COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>Foster, also known among his fans as \u2018The Big Dawg\u2019 and \u2018Top Dawg\u2019, was popular at Cool FM, Inspiration FM, City FM and Classic FM where he worked.<\/p>\n<p>The late broadcaster contributed immensely to the Nigerian entertainment industry and the radio community in particular.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>He was a judge on \u2018Nigeria\u2019s Got Talent\u2019 and a former judge of \u2018Idols West Africa\u2019 series.<\/p>\n<p>Since the news of his death broke, Nigerians have gone on social media to commiserate with his family. 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