A star of television and radio in Detroit for more than 30 years, Bob Hynes had the sort of media career that endured and evolved through the the decades.

Hynes, 93, died Oct. 17 at the Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center in Long Beach, California, after a short illness, according to his family.

The Boston native, who began in broadcasting on the East Coast, came to Detroit in 1966 to host a morning show at WXYZ-TV (Channel 7). During the five-year run of “The Bob Hynes Morning Show,” he talked to an array of celebrities that included Lucille Ball, Bob Newhart, Florence Henderson and 1960s “Batman” star Adam West.

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