Dick Farrel, a former right-wing radio host in Florida and anchor on Newsmax TV, died on Wednesday of complications from Covid-19, according to NBC News affiliate WPTV.
However, after contracting Covid, friends said Farrel's attitude about the vaccine and the virus changed, according to WPTV.
"COVID took one of my best friends! RIP Dick Farrel. He is the reason I took the shot. He texted me and told me to 'Get it!' He told me this virus is no joke and he said, 'I wish I had gotten it!'" wrote Amy Leigh Hair, a friend of Farrel's, on Facebook. Farrel, born Farrel Austin Levitt, was born on Aug. 1, 1956, in New York City. Farrel graduated from Queens College before going on to pursue a radio career, according to his obituary.She discussed the June 2020 attempt in a post-surgery update to her 695,000 Instagram followers.
He first began working in Long Island before taking a job on the morning show on WVIP FM in Westchester, New York. He later moved to West Palm Beach where he worked for a number of South Florida radio stations, including WIOD in Miami, WPBR in Palm Beach, WJUP FM in Jupiter, WFLN in Arcadia, according to his obituary."Farrel will be greatly missed by all that knew and loved him," the obituary reads.
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