Much like the connection I had with radio dj's of old and certain female singers as well, I must say goodbye to a radio colleague. Harry "Happy Hare" Martin lost his battle with liver cancer yesterday. Now here was a radio icon. Even though I never knew Harry in his heyday on KCBQ when 60% of all radios were tuned to his morning show, I had the opportunity to know him in 1979 till the day he left this earth. He was a gracious man who some say would make you always feel like the "star in the room." And others would say, they never knew him...but upon accepting a first handshake and a hearty "well hi there" they BECAME the star in the room. Happy Hare also had the uncanny ability to make those who listened to him feel the same way. He was larger than life, louder than life and kept his "positive meter" always pegged. This city is a better place for the likes of Happy Hare...and his home in the afterlife? We'll the decibel meter up there is 100% with "well hi there" to every spirit he comes in contact with. You are missed Harry.