Billy Parker, a veteran country music singer and legendary DJ, has died.
Local outlet KOTV reports that Parker, a DJ at Tulsa, Oklahoma’s KVOO for nearly four decades, passed away early Monday morning at a Tulsa hospital. The outlet gave no cause of death for the 88-year-old.
Born in Tuskegee, Oklahoma, Parker began his radio career as a teenager in McAlester. By age 18, he was a regular performer on KOTV, Channel 6. This led to an affiliation with country star Red Foley, who was based in Springfield, Missouri, at the time…