Bruce DuMont, the longtime Chicago radio and TV broadcaster who founded the Museum of Broadcast Communications in 1987, died on Sept. 10 in Chicago of complications from cancer. He was 81.

His daughter, Jennifre, said her father had long hadcancer, and he had announced the end of his longtime political talk show, “Beyond the Beltway,” in January of this year after 44 years on the air.

“He was a walking encyclopedia of TV and radio,” said Chicago broadcaster Bob Sirott, currently the morning host on WGN-AM. “He knew I was fascinated with broadcasting history, so he was kind enough over the years to ask me to emcee events at the museum that he knew I’d be interested in. He was a no-nonsense producer and organizer and a tireless worker on behalf of his ‘baby’ — the museum — but always smili

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