By Erik Pedersen Managing Editor Jerry Bishop, a Los Angeles radio veteran who served as the announcer for TV’s syndicated smash Judge Judy since its first season in 1996, has died at 84.
Bishop died April 21, the show’s publicist Gary Rosen said. Bishop was the show’s announcer up until his final days, spanning thousands of episodes of the daytime strip that is set to wrap next year. “Jerry Bishop has been the voice of our program for 24 years,” star Judy Sheindlin said in a statement. “Everybody loved him.
He had a golden heart and generous spirit. I adored him and will miss him.” Born on October 19, 1935, in Hartford, CT, Bishop had a long career in radio and voice-over work before joining Judge Judy, starting at WDRC Hartford, CT.
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