Hello Friends: 
Maestro Bill McGlaughlin’s Celebration of his BIG, BEAUTIFUL LIFE will happen: 
Nov 16 (Monday) 
11AM – 1pm 
*Doors open @ 10:30AM 
Merkin Hall/ Kaufman Center / NYC
129 W 67th St, New York, NY 10023
I’m very happy we were able to secure this beautiful and fitting venue for our beloved Bill…. 
This will be taped for later broadcast ….TALK, MUSIC both live and recorded, and LOVE shared for Bill. 
**Thank you for being prompt !! We will be recording …and you won’t want to miss one minute. 
WITH LOVE, 
Karrin and Team Bill 
PS- if you cannot make it, we will understand — and will miss you 
*OCTOBER on WWFM.org  is Bill Tribute Month !! 
Tune in please !! 
Including B&K Cafe’s that month 
Bill hotline phone # to leave remembrances 
of Bill #203-871-5666 
Would like to have these by October 9 …
We want Bill’s fans to know all of the above, friends to be there at the Celebration so, feel free to forward this message to those special people, thank you. 
You do not need to RSVP …
If you’d like to give in Bill’s honor — 
Please give to ANY LOCAL LIBRARY !!! 
Thank you. 
We will remind you again as the date gets closer. 
Bill’s website: billmcglaughlin.com
Tune in often as we are updating….


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WWFM Radio (or wwfm.org if you’re streaming) has set pledging and TRIBUTE month for BILL for the weeks of October 26 & November  2 and November 9 !!
This will include many Exploring Music shows AND… B&K Cafe shows… please tune in when you can ! 
Thank you WFM and all Bill fans and friends.

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My husband, Bill McGlaughlin died on July 21… this will color everything else I do. He was one-of-a-kind…. Soooo brilliant, kind, talented and … 

My music would be very different had I not met him. He touched so many lives…. 

His website is:  billmcglaughlin.com  and we are keeping it alive, stay tuned as we update it. 

His wonderful radio show “Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin” is still being aired all over the world…. 5-days a week. 

My favorite go-to’s to listen are; Wwfm.org (7PMET) and wqxr.com  (11PM ET)  

Honor Bill by tuning in whenever you can- 

IT’S WORTH IT 

Also, our show B&K Cafe airs every other Friday (mostly) on WWFM. These are streamable as well.

Thank you for your loving support of Bill !!!

Chicago Tribune remembers Bill McGlaughlin

New York Times article about Bill McGlaughlin’s life and work.

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Our Beloved, Singular, Wonderful Maestro William (Bill) McGlaughlin died July 21, 2026 in his home— NYC. 

His wife and partner of 35 years Karrin Allyson was with him til the end. He was 82 years old. 
Bill was born in Philadelphia and the oldest of 6 kids… He loved his and Karrin’s family very much. 
His accomplishments are too many to mention but highlites include: 
La Salle College High School (where he often said he was “a fledgling who couldn’t conduct for students who couldn’t play!”) then onto Temple University.

He became trombonist with Philly Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony. 
He was Conductor of several orchestras; St Paul Chamber, Eugene Symphony, SF Chamber Orchestra, and 12- year tenure with the Kansas City Symphony. 
He was also a wonderful composer of many works and songs. 
His Peabody Award Winning Radio show “St Paul Sunday Morning” eventually lead to his still running / International “Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin”. Bill makes music FUN, interesting, and indeed exploratory. His radio & interview style is totally unique… he said;  “I just imagine I’m talking to my father” 

He has 2 children; daughter Kathleen McGlaughlin and son Bill (Timothy) McGlaughlin  …. And grandson Beryl Lovejoy McGlaughlin
His siblings are: Jake McGlaughlin, Kathleen Gillespie, Dick McGlaughlin, Tom McGlaughlin and Ed McGlaughlin
His parents; Catharine Hogan and William McGlaughlin Sr. 
Aside from being obsessed by MUSIC, he loved the Shore (SIC) being with his family, going to Karrin’s shows, hiking, movies, and … READING, reading, reading… and writing ! 
He was a polymath… if you wanted to know anything about anything – Bill was your man. 
His humanity, curiosity, generosity of Spirit, beautiful eyes and smile with that dimple — will live on in each one of us. 

A few of Bill’s favorite quotes: 
“…Remote from Ambition and far from Fear…” from poem that Bill read so beautifully (by Hilaire Belloc) from one of Exploring’s Theme “A Green and Pleasant Land” 
“I Loaf and Invite my Soul” (Walt Whitman) 
That was Bill in a nutshell. Anyone who was in his presence truly felt that special ’thing’ about Bill. 

A Celebration of Bill’s incredible Life will be announced at a later date. 

We are keeping his website alive — billmcglaughlin.com

In lieu of gifts or flowers, friends are encouraged to donate to: ANY PUBLIC LIBRARY 

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