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Published June 02, 2012, 02:00 AM

Twin Cities radio personality Dark Star dies

A longtime Twin Cities radio personality and race track fixture who went by the name "Dark Star" has died.

By: Associated Press report, Associated Press

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    Longtime Twin Cities radio personality and race track fixture George Chapple, who went by the name "Dark Star" has died, said KFAN Radio program director Chad Abbott on Friday, June 1. He was 66. (AP Photo/WCCO Radio)

MINNEAPOLIS — A longtime Twin Cities radio personality and race track fixture who went by the name "Dark Star" has died.

KFAN Radio program director Chad Abbott said Minnetonka police told him Friday that officers found George Chapple, who worked at the station, dead in his apartment. Police said they're investigating a non-suspicious death.

Chapple worked for 25 years at WCCO-AM before taking a buyout in 2010. He then joined KFAN.

WCCO-AM program director Bob Shomper said the 66-year-old Chapple "could be a little off-color, one of those people who got away with it and still have respect."

Chapple also had worked at Canterbury Park since the Shakopee track opened in 1985. He had hosted a nightly replay show and was a media relations consultant for the track.

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