CHICAGO -- Les Grobstein, a longtime Chicago sports radio reporter and talk show host who recorded Lee Elia's famous profanity-laced postgame rant about Cubs fans, has died.
He was 69. WSCR-AM reported Grobstein died Sunday at his home. No cause was given.
Grobstein had been the station's overnight host since 2009. The spot suited him because of its dependence on callers and his willingness to listen and engage hardcore fans in lengthy discussions. "The Grobber" also had an encyclopedic knowledge of Chicago sports.
He was at Wrigley Field on April 29, 1983, when Elia -- then the Cubs manager -- went off on the team's fans following a loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.