Radio astrologer known as the Cosmic Muffin dead at 63

[MaineDem]

SAUGUS, Mass. --Darrell Martinie, known on radio broadcasts as the Cosmic Muffin and named the state's official astrologer by a Massachusetts governor, died of cancer Wednesday at his home in Saugus. He was 63.

Martinie, known for his eye-catching clothes, spent three decades dispensing advice on radio stations in Boston, and was syndicated to stations nationwide. He was named the state's astrologer 13 years ago by then Gov. William F. Weld.

"He was witty, clever and irreverent," Edward Boesel, who married Martinie two years ago after they had been a couple for more than 31 years, told The Boston Globe.

He was tagged with the on-air name Cosmic Muffin by Boston radio personality Charles Laquidara, who took it from a National Lampoon parody song.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/07/28/radio_astrologer_known_as_the_cosmic_muffin_dead_at_63/

Aw, what a shame. He'll be missed.

[Hugin]

1. Tragic news...

But, maybe he wasn't meant to be on this plane long.

[Kat45]

2. Wow! We were just mentioning him in another thread here

last week. I can't remember who was involved in the thread, but I hope they see this news. RIP, Cosmic Muffin.

[meegbear]

3. I was going post this in GLBT ...

While reading about him, there's a larger writeup (link below), what struck me was the way his partner Edward was written in. If you substitued "Edward" for "Susan", it would have read the same.

I think it's great the Boston Globe wrote the article like that. I haven't looked, but I'm sure the Boston Herald, the NY Post-wanna be, would barely mention his partner, if at all.

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2006/07/28/darrell_martinie_with_astrology_he_was_the_cosmic_muffin_at_63/?p1=MEWell_Pos1