Ray Cordeiro, Hong Kong DJ who broadcast for 6 decades, dies at 98


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FILE - Ray Cordeiro, Hong Kong's oldest DJ displays records at his home in Hong Kong, Thursday, May 27, 2021. Cordeiro considers himself the luckiest radio DJ in the world. Cordeiro, who interviewed music acts including the Beatles during a six-decade career on Hong Kong radio that earned him the title of the world's longest-working disc jockey, died Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, his former employer announced. He was 98. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Ray Cordeiro, who interviewed music acts including the Beatles during a six-decade career on Hong Kong radio that earned him the title of the world's longest-working disc jockey, has died, his former employer announced. He was 98.

Cordeiro died Friday, according to Radio Television Hong Kong, where he worked until 2021. It gave no cause of death.

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