He was 81.
Information from his QRZ page:
I RECEIVED MY FIRST CALL ..KN8AWZ.,.AS A NOVICE WHILE IN SCHOOL IN CINCINNATI, OHIO ..IN 1957 ..A NUMBER OF MEMBERS
OF THE GREATER CINCINNATI AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATION (GCARA) HELPED ME TO PASS MY NOVICE & GENERAL TESTS..
AND TO BUILD MY FIRST TRANSMITTER...MY FIRST GENERAL CLASS CALL WAS ..WA8DBE ...IN 1960 I STARTED COLLEGE AT
XAVIER UNIVERSITY ...AND JOINED THE RADIO CLUB...K8WBL..AND SPENT 4 YEARS AS A MEMBER AND OFFICER OF THE CLUB.
MY FIRST HAM STATION CONSISTED OF A VIKING 2 TRANSMITTER WITH VFO...AND A HAMMERLUND HQ-160 RECEIVER.
IN 1964, I WAS EMPLOYED BY A LOCAL PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE WASHINGTON, DC AREA.
I UPGRADED TO A NEW CALL ..(1968)...WA3HVY ...WHILE LIVING IN THE DC/MARYLAND AREA...AND BECAME ACTIVE IN THE BOWIE
AMATEUR RADIO CLUB...WHILE IN MARYLAND, I UPGRADED MY STATION WITH A DRAKE TR-4 TRANCEIVER AND A 50 FOOT
TOWER WITH A THUNDERBIRD TRI-BAND BEAM....IN 1972 WE MOVED TO OUR PRESENT HOME IN SEVERNA PARK, MARYLAND...APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES FROM THE CAPITAL OF ANNAPOLIS , MARYLAND ( HOME OF THE US NAVAL ACADEMY) AND I WAS ABLE TO UPGRADE MY CALL TO MY CURRENT CALL.....W3HVY...!!!!!
