The morning voice of Greater Fall River for more than four decades, Hector Gauthier – day after day, week after week, year after year, on air and off – lived up to his nickname.
Happy Hec, the longtime radio personality and behind-the-scenes Mr. Everything at WSAR-1480, died on Friday after a brief illness. A Fall River resident and host of the Bristol County Breakfast Club weekdays from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m., Gauthier, also the station’s senior account executive, would have turned 81 on Dec. 15.
“The respect he had in the community was unbelievable,” said Bob Karam, a childhood friend of Gauthier and, along with his brother Jim Karam, owner of WSAR for more than three decades. “This is a great loss to our family. He made the radio station important to Fall River. I thought he was going to live forever. Everyone loved this guy.”
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