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‘Bubblehead Bob’ Hough, local radio legend, RIP

Local radio legend Bob Hough is shown with Kerri Thoreson on Kerri's old KVNI Main Street radio show. Kerri posted this photo on her Facebook page on Bob's 89th birthday on Feb. 16. Bob, who helped introduce rock 'n roll to the Inland Northwest as
By D.F. Oliveria daveo@spokesman.com(509) 319-0354
Local radio legend Bob Hough is shown with Kerri Thoreson on Kerri's old KVNI Main Street radio show. Kerri posted this photo on her Facebook page on Bob's 89th birthday on Feb. 16. Bob, who helped introduce rock 'n roll to the Inland Northwest as
Local radio legend Bob Hough is shown with Kerri Thoreson on Kerri's old KVNI Main Street radio show. Kerri posted this photo on her Facebook page on Bob's 89th birthday on Feb. 16. Bob, who helped introduce rock 'n roll to the Inland Northwest as "Bubblehead Bob" Hough died Friday.

Huckleberries has confirmed with Yates Funeral Home that former local radio legend Bob Hough, 89, died over the weekend. Yates has posted a brief statement on its web site: “Robert “Bob” V. Hough, 89, passed away Friday, March 12, 2016, in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. He was born February 16, 1927, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma the son of Virgil and Maude “Peggy (Revert) Hough.” Yates will provide more information when it becomes available, including service times for the funeral.

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