09/05/2025
Rest in Peace Terry DuFoe
September 10th, 1956 - September 3rd, 2025
It is with a shattered broken heart that I must announce that on September 3rd, 2025, at 3:39 pm, Terry lost his courageous battle with cancer and passed away. It is taking all my willpower just to type this through my tears. Terry was not only my dad, but he was my partner in all things Cult Radio and VideoScope that we created and worked on together over the decades. He was my only family left. His absence in my life is currently something I don't even know how to process or cope with. He is irreplaceable. He was my world.
A few weeks ago, Terry started not feeling well. By August 26th, some telltale lymphoma symptoms presented themselves and I knew he needed to get help fast since the previous TWO times he had lymphoma, it was very aggressive and moved FAST. We went to the ER and they started doing workups. They discovered that Terry had multiple infections, and they started treating those while I pushed and waited for them to screen for lymphoma. I knew what it was.
Eventually, they did a biopsy and transferred him to a cancer center in LA, but by that time, he was worse, and it had become too late. He went into septic shock and all of his organs started shutting down. I fought (and I do mean FOUGHT) the doctors to honor his last wishes, which was that he wanted everything possible done to save him, but it was just too late. The day he passed, I got the results from the biopsy that his lymphoma had indeed come back a third time. But he had been fighting for over a week, and his heart just couldn't handle the strain any longer.
Over the next days and weeks, I have to navigate the unknown and expensive territory of figuring out how to get Terry transported back to Illinois where he will be laid to rest in our family plot next to his mom and dad. Any donations that you can spare will go towards Terry's final arrangements: https://gofund.me/9ccee2b9d
Unfortunately, other than me, all of Terry's family has already passed on. He had many friends through our radio stations and VideoScope, but they are scattered all over the country. So, a service may not be realistic. However, if I am able to pull myself together, we may have an online celebration of life on September 10th, which would have been his 69th birthday.
I appreciate everyone who has shown me kindness during this very difficult time. CRAGG and all of its affiliated stations WILL go on, as that was also his wish, but I might need some time to get back in the rhythm of things. Thank you to everyone has shown me and Terry love over the years.
