Tom Magliozzi 'Car Talk' host dead at 77

Tom Magliozzi, the longtime host of “Car Talk”, has died on Monday 3 october 2014 due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease, NPR announced today. He was 77 years old.

“Tom's been such a dominant, positive personality amongst us for so long that all of us in the public radio family  and I include our millions of listeners  will find this news very difficult to receive,” said NPR Executive Producer Tom Berman in a message to friends and fans.