Raymond Royal Marshal

Raymond Royal Marshal - Sidekick and engineer for syndicated talk show host Neal Boortz, has died. Pete Spriggs, program director for AM750 and now. Royal Marshall, Raymond Marshall Royal,”the team syndicated radio talk show Neal Boortz as a friend and engineer, died.

Pete Spriggs, Program Director for AM750 and now 95.5 FM News / Talk WSB said he collapsed at his home in Atlanta and was pronounced dead at Grady Hospital at about 1 o’clock Saturday morning.

Assistant Program Director Condac Pressley said it was too early to identify the cause of death. He was 43.

“It was a good man,” she said. “I can not believe he’s gone.”

Marshall worked with Boortz for 17 years, according to the biography WSB Radio Marshall.

“There are no words available to express my personal sense of loss when switching from ‘Royal Marshall”,” Boortz said in a statement released this morning. “It is no exaggeration to say that I loved this man as if he were my own brother. Royal had an unparalleled sense of humor and quick wit makes him a natural choice for radio, and his dedication to his colleagues and friends has been exceeded only by his intense devotion to his family. Our program, WSB Radio and the whole family has Cox lost part of his soul that day. ”