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Aug 21, 2023 · Ted Williams, AKA The Man with the Golden Voice, didn't start out homeless. In fact, Williams worked as a successful radio announcer. As he told the Columbus Dispatch , he fell in love with radio when he was a 14-year-old kid in Brooklyn on a school field trip.
Nov 13, 2015 · The former radio announcer was trying to piece his life back together after it was ravaged by drugs and alcohol. But he didn't know where to start.
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The New York film set mascot who overcame homelessness and alcoholism to become a fixture of the New York film industry, with over 100 small parts to his nam...
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Oct 11, 2023 · After a video featuring the once-homeless man's smooth, radio-friendly voice quickly went viral online, people just couldn't get enough of him.
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He was homeless for almost two years, staying at Penn Station. He found a job at a newsstand in Manhattan and acquired subsidized housing in Brooklyn. [ 4 ] [ 5 ]
The extraordinary story of `Radioman', a homeless man living on the streets of New York, who became a film icon with more than 100 credits to his name. Absolute Documentaries brings you the best...
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Born in Brooklyn, New York, Williams first gained minor fame in the early 1980s, as a late-night radio disc jockey on WVKO in Columbus, Ohio. After over a decade in radio, Williams was dismissed in 1994 for alcoholism and drug abuse, and he soon found himself homeless.
