| | A native of [[Omaha]], [[Nebraska]], Case served honorably in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps during [[World War II]]. He started his career in [[radio]] broadcasting. For a time, he and [[Johnny Carson]] were a radio team in Omaha. The two were the same age.<ref name=obit/> | | A native of [[Omaha]], [[Nebraska]], Case served honorably in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps during [[World War II]]. He started his career in [[radio]] broadcasting. For a time, he and [[Johnny Carson]] were a radio team in Omaha. The two were the same age.<ref name=obit/> |
| − | Case died at Glenwood Regional Medical Center from injuries sustained in a vehicular accident in West Monroe. Case pulled his Lexus sports utility vehicle from Regency Place onto North Seventh Street and into the path of a northbound GMC pickup truck driven by Nicholas Ross, who was towing a stump grinder and attempted to swerve out of Case's path, but he struck the driver's side of the Lexus. Mrs. Case, the former Frances Clinton (born June 6 1935), sustained moderate injuries. Ross was uninjured.<ref name=mns>"Former newsman dies in fatal wreck," The Monroe News-Star. May 11, 2007. Archived from the original on February 3, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2015.</ref> | + | Case died at Glenwood Regional Medical Center from injuries sustained in a vehicular accident in West Monroe. Case pulled his Lexus sports utility vehicle from Regency Place onto North Seventh Street and into the path of a northbound GMC pickup truck driven by Nicholas Ross, who was towing a stump grinder and attempted to swerve out of Case's path, but he struck the driver's side of the Lexus. Mrs. Case, the former Frances Clinton (born June 6, 1935), sustained moderate injuries. Ross was uninjured.<ref name=mns>"Former newsman dies in fatal wreck," The Monroe News-Star. May 11, 2007. Archived from the original on February 3, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2015.</ref> |
| | Services were held on May 15, 2007, at Grace [[Episcopal Church]] in Monroe. Interment was at Hill Crest Memorial Park in Haughton in Bossier Parish in northwestern Louisiana. In addition to his wife, Case was survived by six children, Mike Case of [[Carson City]], [[Nevada]]; Connie Case Barton and husband Jerry of Studio City, [[California]]; Cindy Case of Golden, [[Colorado]], Craig Case and wife Tami of Bluffton, [[South Carolina]], Barry Case and wife Stella of Elizabeth, Colorado, and Susan Case Liggin and husband Samuel, Sr., of West Monroe. He also had a surviving sister, eight grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.<ref name=obit/> | | Services were held on May 15, 2007, at Grace [[Episcopal Church]] in Monroe. Interment was at Hill Crest Memorial Park in Haughton in Bossier Parish in northwestern Louisiana. In addition to his wife, Case was survived by six children, Mike Case of [[Carson City]], [[Nevada]]; Connie Case Barton and husband Jerry of Studio City, [[California]]; Cindy Case of Golden, [[Colorado]], Craig Case and wife Tami of Bluffton, [[South Carolina]], Barry Case and wife Stella of Elizabeth, Colorado, and Susan Case Liggin and husband Samuel, Sr., of West Monroe. He also had a surviving sister, eight grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.<ref name=obit/> |