What did Dori Monson pass away from?
Andrew Hansen
Updated on May 02, 2026
The Dori Monson Show, an afternoon discussion radio program in Seattle, Washington, on KIRO-FM, was hosted by Dori Monson, an American radio personality. Monson, a Seattle resident of Icelandic ancestry, was brought up in the predominantly Scandinavian neighborhood of Ballard.
He completed high school at Ballard. He worked as the play-by-play announcer for Husky football on campus broadcaster KCMU while a student at the University of Washington.
Monson started his professional broadcasting career as a sports producer at KING-TV and a sports reporter and host at KING AM after longtime Seattle broadcaster Bill O’Mara introduced him to King Broadcasting owner Dorothy Bullitt.
He later moved to KIRO-FM 100.7 when the Pat Cashman Show changed stations in 1994.
What did Dori Monson pass away from?
On December 31, 2022, Dori Monson suffered a heart arrest and passed suddenly in a hospital in Seattle.
Monson was a well-known radio personality in Seattle; The Dori Monson show, his most popular program, had been airing for more than 25 years.
