Neal Boortz Sidekick & Engineer Raymond Royal Marshall Dies Suddenly After Collapsing in Atlanta Home

Syndicated radio talk show host Neal Boortz sidekick and engineer Raymond Royal Marshall dies after collapsing in Atlanta home.

Raymond Royal Marshall, sidekick and engineer for syndicated talk show host Neal Boortz, collapsed in his Atlanta home and was pronounced dead at Grady Hospital at about 1 a.m. Saturday morning, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution. He was 43. It is not clear what caused Marshall's death, but it has sent ripples through Atlanta and among fans of WSB-AM750.

Marshall has worked with Boortz for 17 years, according to the WSB Radio biography for Marshall. A St. Louis native and graduate of the University of Georgia in 1992, he got his start at WSB Radio as a board operator working overnights. Soon after, he joined Boortz as engineer and board operator. In 1996, he started his own radio talk show called “The Royal Treatment,” which ran for several years, mostly at night. After his show ended, he continued to work with Boortz, who is heard on hundreds of stations nationwide. Source: AJC

My thoughts and prayers go out to his wife Annette and their two children. Royal Marshall has gone too soon!