Pat O’Day released from hospital following brain surgery
Jul 3, 2012, 5:30 PM | Updated: 6:41 pm
O'Day went under the knife Friday. Last week, his family feared the worst when he lost memory and use of his fingers. He took a ferry from his San Juan island home to the emergency room in Anacortes.
Pat O’Day walked out of the hospital on Tuesday, following brain surgery for a benign tumor.
O’Day went under the knife Friday. Last week, his family feared the worst when he lost memory and use of his fingers. He took a ferry from his San Juan island home to the emergency room in Anacortes.
Doctors discovered a benign tumor was pressing the right frontal lobe of his brain against the skull.
The surgery took approximately 2-and-a-half hours, according to KING 5.
In the 1950’s and 60’s, the man born as Paul Berg ruled Seattle’s radio airwaves. The KJR afternoon disc jockey once got a 42 share of listeners. Later he ran that station and owned KYYX.
O’Day promoted popular teen dances at the Spanish Castle Ballroom, booking acts like the Wailers and Jimi Hendrix. He tells remarkable behind-the-scenes stories about concerts with Tony Orlando, Wayne Newton, Jerry Lee Lewis, and the Beach Boys.
Recently, O’Day would entertain hundreds-of-thousands of hydroplane fans with his passionate play-by-play at Seafair. Now he owns the John L. Scott Real Estate franchise on San Juan Island as well.
O’Day has also raised thousands of dollars for community charities and organizations through his annual celebrity golf tournament.
