Matt Patrick, Former Ohio Radio Host, Passes Away

HOUSTON, TX — One of Cleveland's former radio luminaries, Matt Patrick, has passed away. He had esophageal cancer. He died at his home in Houston, Texas. He was 58.

Patrick announced last week that he had ended his treatments for cancer:

"On Houston's Morning News this morning, Matt revealed he has exhausted all options and has discontinued cancer treatments," the station's Facebook page read. "Matt and all of us at NewsRadio 740 KTRH, and the iHeartMedia family, thank you all for your constant love and support during this difficult time."

Patrick spent time as a radio host in Cleveland, for WKKD, as well as serving as a voice for stations in Akron, and Cincinnati before he departed for KTRH in Houston. He was at the Texas station for six years.

"There will be no more fighting, there will be no more going back to the hospital. It'll be up to God, whatever God decides to do that's what I will do," Patrick told listeners on July 5. "I also understand that because of that I have to take the high road, I have to say this is what we're going to do. If this works that's great but if it doesn't work and at some point it won't then I'll just say you know thank you for everything."

Patrick, whose strong radio voice had been reduced at times to a whisper by cancer treatments, was not shy about his political beliefs, and often debated individuals of a more liberal bent, including local activist Quanell X.

"As a veteran of radio, he delivered award-winning broadcasts year after year that embody the very foundation on which our country was founded: God, guns, country," KTRH said in a statement. "Matt deeply believed in protecting and defending the Constitution and all that it stands for just as our Founding Fathers would have wanted and expected."

Patrick is survived by his wife, Paula, and three children, Jake, Alexandra and Alanna. Funeral arrangements are pending.

— Image: Matt Patrick (KTRH Facebook page)

- Written by James Brock, Houston, Patch