![[THOMAS] Listeners Remember Eddie Johnson](http://townsquare.media/site/518/files/2017/06/Eddie.jpg?w=300&h=200&zc=1&s=0&a=t&q=89&w=980&q=75)
[THOMAS] Listeners Remember Eddie Johnson
Highly active and controversial. That's what many are saying after learning that Eddie Johnson passed away early Father's day morning, after a brief illness.
A few listeners pay tribute to Eddie Johnson.
Eddie founded the Citizens Leading Environmental Action Network [CLEAN] and the Parting Ways Museum of African American and Cape Verdean American Ethnohistory. He bragged about rarely missing a New Bedford School Committee meeting. That's where we first met face to face.
There are numerous times Johnson and I disagreed. After a brief feeling out period, we learned to agree to disagree. Johnson was a host on WBSM in the 1980's. He was 72.
Editor’s Note: Brian Thomas is the host of Brian’s Beat on 1420 WBSM New Bedford. He can be heard weekdays from 10am-Noon and Saturdays from 6am-9am. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author.
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