Longtime Detroit radio personality Ken Calvert dies at 72

Longtime Detroit radio personality Ken Calvert, known especially for his role with the Pistons, has died at age 72.

The Detroit native was a graduate of Brother Rice High School and a student of Oakland Community College in Farmington Hills, where he took broadcasting, voice, and acting courses.

Calvert spent the last 45 years as a radio broadcaster and freelance voice-over announcer.

Of the 45 years, 16 were spent as the Public Address Announcer for the Detroit Pistons during the Bad Boys era in the 1980s.

Former Pistons great Isiah Thomas took to X to pay his respect.