Dewey Hughes
Template:Short description Dewey Hughes (born 1932) is an African American former radio personality and was Petey Greene's manager.
Early life
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Career
Hughes was introduced to Petey Greene by his older brother Milo at Lorton Reformatory and hired Greene to work as a disc jockey at WOL. Hughes also worked as co-producer and director of Greene's television talk show Petey Greene's Washington from 1976 to 1982. Greene succumbed to liver cancer on January 10, 1984.[1]
Hughes purchased WOL with his then-wife, Cathy Hughes, in Washington which became the cornerstone of the Radio One Network.[2][3][4][5] He went on to win 12 Emmy Awards as a producer/director for an NBC affiliate.
Personal life
Hughes was married to Cathy Hughes from 1979 to 1987[6] and currently lives in Los Angeles, California where he writes and produces music.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He has a son, Michael Genet, an actor and screenwriter.[7]
In film
Hughes was portrayed by Chiwetel Ejiofor in the 2007 film Talk to Me.[7] The screenplay for the film was written by his son, Michael Genet.
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