Veteran Detroit broadcaster ‘Sonny’ Eliot dies

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FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Longtime broadcaster Marvin “Sonny” Eliot, whose corny jokes and genial manner endeared him to Detroit audiences for decades, died Friday morning. He was 91.

Friend and co-worker Don Swindell said Eliot died at his home in the Detroit suburb of Farmington Hills after an illness.

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