Tom Magliozzi, of NPR's 'Car Talk,' Dies at 77

Photo: Tom Magliozzi. Credit: Car Talk.

Tom Magliozzi, who hosted NPR’s popular “Car Talk” with his brother Ray, died Monday of complications from Alzheimer’s disease, according to NPR. He was 77.

The brothers, from Cambridge or “Our Fair City,” were known as “Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers” and known for their useful but hilarious car-repair advice to callers.

“Car Talk” was first broadcast on WBUR in Boston in 1977 and went national on NPR a decade later. The show grew to over 3 million listeners from coast-to-coast. It ended in 2012 but continued with reruns.