Robert Weston Smith, better known as Wolfman Jack, was born on January 21, 1938, in Brooklyn, New York. He was an American disc jockey and radio personality renowned for his distinctive gravelly voice, energetic broadcasting style, and promotion of rock and roll and rhythm and blues. He began his broadcasting career in 1960 and later developed his famous Wolfman Jack persona while working for powerful Mexican border radio stations whose signals reached audiences across much of North America.

From 1970 to 1986, Wolfman Jack was associated with American military broadcasting through Armed Forces Radio. His programs were distributed to military radio stations overseas, bringing American popular music and entertainment to U.S. service members stationed around the world. The Wolfman Jack Radio Show was also broadcast on AFN Europe, with surviving programs dating from 1977 and 1980. His connection with AFN helps explain the inclusion of “WOLFMAN JACK (1938–1995)” on the AFN Memorial Pyramid in Munich, where he represents the American radio personalities and popular music that formed part of AFN's cultural presence in Germany.

Wolfman Jack achieved international fame beyond military broadcasting, with his programs eventually heard on more than 2,000 radio stations in 53 countries. He also appeared as himself in George Lucas's American Graffiti (1973) and became a well-known television personality as an announcer and occasional host of NBC's The Midnight Special. He died of a heart attack on July 1, 1995, at the age of 57 and was posthumously inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1996. He is buried at a family cemetery in Belvidere.

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