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Kavanaugh, host of radio financial advice show, dies at 57

Mike Kavanaugh, who hosted the popular Money Matters financial advice show on WSB radio in the Atlanta market, died Saturday from a heart attack. He was 57.

Condace Pressley of WSB writes, “In addition to local radio and TV, Mike worked in the early days of CNN both as a radio anchor for daily business news and as a TV anchor for CNN Headline News.

“Kavanagh won numerous awards, including the prestigious Edward R. Murrow award for the investigative report, ‘Ripped off in the Name of God” a series which exposed multi-million dollar investment scams. He also worked as part of the team backing up noted consumer advocate Clark Howard.

“‘He cared about every last person he dealt with about what would happened to them financially,’ said Clark. ‘Especially in this last year, he would shepherd people through the crisis. After a while that can begin to wear on you.'”