HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — These days, John DeSanto’s voice is weak, which is notable for someone who — even if you don’t remember his name, which you certainly wouldn’t, because he was known as “Moose Maxwell,” to whatever extent he was known — once had a booming voice.
DeSanto once briefly lived his childhood dream of becoming a radio disc jockey in the weekend overnight hours of what was, in 1987 and 1988, Harrisburg’s WHIT-99.3 FM. He still has the tapes of himself enthusiastically encouraging whomever was listening at 2:50 a.m. to stick around for another 10 in a row, including Billy Ocean’s latest hit, plus Madonna.
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But DeSanto had the time to pursue that partly because he was sick. And he was sick, in turn, entirely because — he and his doctors believe — of the chemical weed sprayer he used extensively while working at a municipal highway department. It was Agent Orange, DeSanto said…