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==Career==

==Career==

A native of Wilson County, south of San Antonio, Ware was a son of Richard M. Ware (1911-1960) and the former Esther Cone (1915-2007). He began his radio career in the middle 1950s in Baytown, east of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], Texas. In 1957, he wed his high school sweetheart, Miriam L. "Mimi" Ware (1939-2003), and they moved to the capital city of [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], Texas, where Ricci worked for then [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] at KTBC radio and television. Radio legend Gordon McLendon, a [[conservative]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] who ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate]] in 1964 against the incumbent Ralph W. Yarborough, heard Ware while McLendon was passing through Austin. He hired Ware to come to KTSA in San Antonio.<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Ware&GSfn=Ricci&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=46&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=171642240&df=all&|title=Ricci Ware|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=August 3, 2017}}</ref>

A native of Wilson County, south of San Antonio, Ware was a son of Richard M. Ware (1911-1960) and the former Esther Cone (1915-2007). He began his radio career in the middle 1950s in Baytown, east of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], Texas. In 1957, he wed his high school sweetheart, Miriam L. "Mimi" Ware (1939-2003), and they moved to the capital city of [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], Texas, where Ricci worked for then [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] at KTBC radio and television. Radio legend Gordon McLendon, a [[conservative]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] who ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate]] in 1964 against the incumbent Ralph W. Yarborough, heard Ware while McLendon was passing through Austin. He hired Ware to come to KTSA in San Antonio, one of the earliest stations in Texas.<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Ware&GSfn=Ricci&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=46&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=171642240&df=all&|title=Ricci Ware|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=August 3, 2017}}</ref>

Ware was among the most outspoken [[conservative]]s of talk radio. He was not always accurate in his predictions, as in 1992 when he claimed that then [[U.S. President]] [[George Herbert Walker Bush]], who like Gordon McLendon had lost the Senate election to Ralph Yarborough, would defeat [[Bill Clinton]] based in part on overwhelming Bush support in a KTSA opinion poll. In the 1970s and 1980s, Ware co-hosted with Jud Ashmore ''The Ricci and Jud Show,'' a rowdy morning program on the old country station KBUC. The two sometimes picketed San Antonio City Hall over controversial matters.<ref name=waredeath>{{cite web|url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/article/San-Antonio-radio-legend-Ricci-Ware-dies-10060311.php|title=San Antonio radio legend Ricci Ware dies|author=Jeanne Jakle and Hector Saldana|date=October 22, 2016|publisher=''San Antonio Express-News''|accessdate=August 3, 2017}}</ref>

Ware was among the most outspoken [[conservative]]s of talk radio. He was not always accurate in his predictions, as in 1992 when he claimed that then [[U.S. President]] [[George Herbert Walker Bush]], who like Gordon McLendon had lost the Senate election to Ralph Yarborough, would defeat [[Bill Clinton]] based in part on overwhelming Bush support in a KTSA opinion poll. In the 1970s and 1980s, Ware co-hosted with Jud Ashmore ''The Ricci and Jud Show,'' a rowdy morning program on the old country station KBUC. The two sometimes picketed San Antonio City Hall over controversial matters.<ref name=waredeath>{{cite web|url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/article/San-Antonio-radio-legend-Ricci-Ware-dies-10060311.php|title=San Antonio radio legend Ricci Ware dies|author=Jeanne Jakle and Hector Saldana|date=October 22, 2016|publisher=''San Antonio Express-News''|accessdate=August 3, 2017}}</ref>

Jud Ashmore, later a [[television]] weather broadcaster, called Ware "a rock star. He was totally unpredictable, very honest. He called it like he saw it."<ref name=waredeath/> Trey Ware, who co-hosted with his father for many years, posted a farewell on [[Facebook]]: “My hero returned home to his Lord and Savior [[Jesus Christ]] this morning. My dad, Ricci Ware, was my hero in every sense of the word. He was a one-of-a-kind talent who had the natural ability to make you laugh and feel better about life in all circumstances. He could also cause you to think — deeply"<ref name=waredeath/>

Jud Ashmore, later a [[television]] weather broadcaster, called Ware "a rock star. He was totally unpredictable, very honest. He called it like he saw it."<ref name=waredeath/> Trey Ware, who co-hosted with his father for many years, posted a farewell on [[Facebook]]: “My hero returned home to his Lord and Savior [[Jesus Christ]] this morning. My dad, Ricci Ware, was my hero in every sense of the word. He was a one-of-a-kind talent who had the natural ability to make you laugh and feel better about life in all circumstances. He could also cause you to think — deeply"<ref name=waredeath/>

Ware and his wife are interred at Stockdale Cemetery in the community of Stockdale in his native Wilson County, Texas.<ref name=findagrave/> He outlived two of his grandchildren, a son and a daughter of Trey Ware.  

Ware and his wife are interred at Stockdale Cemetery in the community of Stockdale in his native Wilson County, Texas.<ref name=findagrave/> He outlived two of his grandchildren, a son and a daughter of Trey Ware.

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