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- Michael Silverblatt, host of KCRW-FM's 'Bookworm,' died at age 73 after a long illness.
- The show ran from 1989 to 2022 and featured interviews with Gore Vidal and Joan Didion.
- A Brooklyn native, he developed a lifelong love of literature despite his parents' wishes.
- He moved to Los Angeles in the 1970s after Ruth Seymour encouraged him to enter radio.
- He is survived by his sister, Joan Bykofsky.
