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'Mr. Stow' Attends Howie Chizek's Funeral

More than 400 mourners were at Berkowitz-Kumin-Bookatz Memorial Chapel in Cleveland Heights for the funeral Thursday.

WNIR talk radio host Howie Chizek died Saturday at the age of 65.

the Twinsburg man died of a heart attack while on a trip to Disney World with underprivileged children.

"Mr. Stow," a long-time and infamous Chizek listener estimates he called the show more than 6,000 times in 30 years. He attended the funeral in Thursday.

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“He was more than just a talk show host. He was a great, great guy," said "Mr. Stow" in an Akron Beacon Journal story

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