Media personality Dan Foster is reportedly dead, OAP Do2dtun reacts

Popular media personality, Dan Foster is dead. The sad news was shared by his colleagues on social media.

It was said that the media personality reportedly died from the deadly coronavirus.

Reacting to the news, Do2dtun who is the host of the Midday Oasis on Cool FM, the biggest radio station in the country took to Twitter and wrote:

Oh Dan Foster… you gave me the strength to do this and even more. This is really painful ?

Oh Dan Foster… you gave me the strength to do this and even more. This is really painful 😣💔

— Do2dtun Energy gAD (@iamDo2dtun) June 17, 2020

Daniel ‘Dan’ Foster – popularly known as The Big Dawg and Top Dawg is a Nigerian-based American radio personality.

Foster was brought up with his three siblings in Washington, D.C. by their father. Their mother had died when he was ten.

He was partly raised in Baltimore by his grandmother. As a teenager, Foster was rebellious, but soon joined the Marines and attended Morgan State University where he studied Broadcasting and Drama.

Foster worked with numerous radio stations including Cathy Hughes Radio One, Mix 106.5 both in America and Virgin Island-based WTBN, before moving to Nigeria in 2000 where he joined Cool FM, quickly becoming popular with Nigerian listeners.

In 2001, he received an award for Best Radio Presenter of the year. He also won 2003, 2004, and 2005 Nigeria Media Merit Awards for ‘Best Radio Personality’.

Foster has also been recognised by the City People Awards: a respected organisation known for recognising outstanding individuals who have touched the lives of citizens in the community, they have named him “Media Person of the year” in 2004 and again in 2005.

He was also the creator and director of the Cool Fm Praise Jam concerts that have taken place since 2004, with a total of over 22, 000 people in attendance.