Daniel ‘Dan’ Foster AKA di ‘Big Dawg’,a popular broadcaster and host of The morning show on Classic FM,Lagos is dead.
Foster who’s has been ill,died on Wednesday at a Lagos medical facility, where he was receiving treatment for an illness.

There has been an outpouring of emotions on social media, as friends and colleagues of the deceased confirmed the news and paid tributes to him.

Among them is a former host of the popular TV show, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Frank Edoho, who said a friend confirmed the news to him.

“I just got off the phone, my friend Oscar confirmed that Dan Foster has passed on. This is a very very dark year. How can I overcome this unending melancholy? Rest in Peace, dear friend,” Edoho tweeted.

A radio presenter, Do2dtun Energy, @iamDo2dtun, said Foster gave him the strength for his job.

This is really painful,” he tweeted.

Comedian, Bovi, said, “When I moved to Lagos in November 2003, Dan Foster was one of the reasons I didn’t run back home to Delta State. I tuned into Cool Fm one morning and Dan made me love radio. Rip Big Dawg! I’m sad you left. But I’m happy your mark remains forever!”

Toke Makinwa wrote, “Rest in Power Dan Foster.”

He worked with numerous radio stations including Cathy Hughes Radio One, Mix 106.5 both in America, and Virgin Island-based WTBN before moving to Nigeria in 2000 where he joined Cool FM, quickly becoming popular with Nigerian listeners.

In September 2009, Foster left Cool FM for Inspiration FM but left in 2014 to join City FM.

In May 2016, he left City FM 105.1 for Classic FM 97.3 radio station where he worked before he passed on.

Dan Foster is survived by his wife and four children. May his soul rest in peace, amen.

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Popular American Radio Personality, Dan Foster is dead