Don Pietromonaco

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Donald Stephen Pietromonaco (September 15, 1935 – April 18, 1997) was an award-winning radio personality and voice actor,^[1] known to millions of radio listeners as "Johnny Rabbitt" on KXOK-AM 630 in St. Louis, Missouri, from 1963 to 1969. Every evening at 7pm, a predominantly teenage radio audience would tune into 630 on the AM dial to hear the Johnny Rabbitt Show, which co-starred Bruno J. Grunion, a mythical teenage ne'er-do-well voiced by Pietromonaco (unbeknownst to the listening audience).

Prior to his performance as Johnny Rabbitt, Pietromonaco worked as a child actor in 37 Hollywood productions. After leaving live radio, Pietromonaco began teaching film production and voiceovers in Hollywood, as well as voicing numerous commercials. He was inducted into the St. Louis Radio Hall of Fame in 2001.

[edit] External links

• Obituary, Variety.
• Legacy Inductees, St. Louis Radio Hall of Fame.
• Post stories make Rabbitts hopping mad, STLRadio.com.

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