Susan Whitall

CELEBRITIES Susan Whitall Special to The Detroit News View Comments Darlynn Bonner John, widow of music legend Little Willie John and a longtime resident of Detroit, died Sept. 21 in hospice care in Taylor, Michigan. She was 92. Her husband, William Edward “Little Willie” John, died in 1968. She never remarried. As Willie John’s wife, the soft-spoken Darlynn moved in heady circles —singer Dinah Washington dubbed her “Little One,” and wouldn’t allow anyone to swear around her.

Lee Alan, 1960s radio DJ known to teens as 'the Horn,' has died at 90 Susan Whitall |  Special to The Detroit News Lee Alan, who as “the Horn” was a teen favorite on early 1960s radio in Detroit, died Tuesday in Florida, at 90. The death was announced by Jim Hampton, a longtime friend and radio veteran.