MASSENA -- Local radio legend Sandy Cook has died at age 61. “It’s, you know a little bit of a shock. I think especially for listeners. Sandy was on the radio for 42 years. Huge part of the …
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MASSENA -- Local radio legend Sandy Cook has died at age 61.
“It’s, you know a little bit of a shock. I think especially for listeners. Sandy was on the radio for 42 years. Huge part of the community,” said WMSA Program/Operations Director Todd Truax. “It’s a sad day.”
Cook was well known as the host for the “The Extravaganza” morning show.
In 2001, Cook was elected to a four-year term as Massena town supervisor. He was also a frequent contributor to sporting events, often singing The Star Spangled Banner before games and covering announcer duties.
Truax said they at the station were just receiving information on Cook’s passing as of late Thursday morning.
“From what I’ve heard, he passed away this morning at 2:30 a.m. at his home and there were some church members with him, so he was not alone,” Truax said.
He said some at the radio station did not take the news of Cook’s death so well.
“When I told our weatherman, Kevin Williams, he broke down. It’s going to be rough. I think the community certainly will gather around this,” Truax said.
Cook was removed from the airwaves earlier in the year following his arrest for drug possession. Following a Feb. 12 raid on Cook’s residence, he and Edward Slade, 24, were each charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance after narcotics were seized, police said at the time.