His loved ones sing in his farewell, “You will never walk alone.”

The departure of "Uncle Ray"... the most continuous DJ in the world

Uncle Ray's career spanned more than seven decades.

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A popular Hong Kong broadcaster, who was named the "most enduring DJ" in the Guinness Book of Records, has died at the age of 98 after a career that spanned more than seven decades.

Known to his fans as "Uncle Ray", Reinaldo Maria Cordero was widely regarded as a household name, pioneering numerous local musicians and introducing generations of Hong Kongers to the latest trends in pop music on his long-lived radio shows. .

Uncle Ray has interviewed dozens of pop icons over the years, including the Beatles and Bee Gees, as well as Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra.

A committee that organized his funeral said that Cordero died the day before yesterday in Hong Kong, among his family and friends who sang his farewell song: "You'll Never Walk Alone" (You'll Never Walk Alone).

Hong Kong's Minister of Culture, Kevin Yeung, said yesterday that the veteran DJ was "an outstanding figure in popular culture in Hong Kong" and made "significant contributions to the local music scene".

Cordero, born in Hong Kong in 1924, the fifth of six children in a family of Portuguese immigrants, worked as a warden and then a banker, before turning to music with his first show in 1949.

Cordero became a household name in the 1960s, hosting radio shows on RTHK Public Station in Hong Kong, which became a hit among teenagers.

He was named the "World's Most Continuous DJ" by Guinness World Records in 2000. Cordero retired in 2021, telling RTHK radio, "I've lived the best of life, I have everything I want to be, everything I want to do."

And press information stated that Cordero had been suffering from heart problems during the past decade, and he was transferred to the hospital a year ago after suffering a stroke.

• Hong Kong's Minister of Culture described the veteran DJ as a prominent figure in popular culture.

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