A radio personality known on the Howard Stern talk show as the edgy Joey Boots died mysteriously in his Bedford Park home, according to police.
Boots, real name Joseph Bassolino, 49, was found unconscious in his home on Grand Concourse by Bedford Park Boulevard late Friday Dec. 23.
Bassolino was regarded as one of Stern’s Wack Packers, which often performed edgy albeit obnoxious bits on unsuspecting people. Bassolino was known for the phrase “Baba Booey” during radio bits.
“Tribute to the one and only Joey B in the new year. He will be missed. #BabaooeyHowardSternpenis,” Howard Stern had tweeted on Saturday.
A cause of death is not known.
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Thanks for changing your headline. Baba Booey is alive and well!
Also, it’s “Wack Packers”