Feb 10, 2012 2
RIP Wilmot ‘Mutty’ Perkins
Wilmot ‘Mutty’ Perkins, an icon in Jamaican talk show radio, has died. According to reports, Perkins had been very ill recently, and died at approximately 1 a.m. this morning [February 10, 2012].
Wilmot Perkins started his career in radio in 1960, and became well known for his fiery and disenchanted views on Jamaican politics and governance. His ever-popular and often controversial talk show dominated the mid-morning to early afternoon airwaves on several radio stations over the years, and from 2002 to the present it was known as Perkins on Line, hosted on Power 106FM.