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His desk existed under a sea of papers and photos of his wife and three da! ughters. But ask him to find something specific he d snag it in a second. When things got tense he d open his office door and fling a Frisbee down the hall. He had an enthusiasm I don t know if anybody else in our business has said his colleague Lynda Bearce. Mr. Rashbaum a longtime radio executive who helped pioneer some of Tampa Bay s most popular stations died Tuesday. He was . Mr. Rashbaum didn t like to waste time. He was really smart and he knew how to get things done said his wife Beth Rashbaum. They met in college at the University of South Florida. They were . He was afraid to ask her out. She said yes she loved his silly sense of humor. Back then he wrote for the school newspaper the Oracle rising from reporter to entertainment editor to managing editor. After college he repeated the pattern at a small weekly paper reporter to editor in six weeks his wife said. He wrote music reviews for the St. Petersburg Times and explored a career in advertising television and ! radio. You know people just wanted to hire him said his wife. As a radio manager in the s he helped launch Tampa Bay stations including WSJT FM Smooth Jazz . and WHPT FM the Point . The radio community has lost a wonderful gentleman said Charlie Ochs market manager for CBS Radio in Tampa Bay. I don t know anyone who didn t absolutely love him. In Mr. Rashbaum noticed a lack of hip hop on the air. Teamed with a colleague he devised a plan they d launch a new station. DJs would pretend to broadcast from a boat. For a number of days people just kept looking out for these two guys on a boat said Mrs. Rashbaum. That station was WLLD FM known widely as Wild . . For six months he stopped swirling. He was unemployed relaxing with Bob Dylan Billy Joel Bruce Springsteen. Shortly after dreaming up Wild he was ousted under a management shift. He didn t panic. Friends wondered how he could stay calm but he knew something good would come. It did. He took a job in St. Petersburg with Radio Disney. He rose to become vice president of sales and marketing event! ually overseeing stations around the country. He worked hard but almost never on weekends or past p.m. That time was for his family. He dispensed advice readily to his daughters. On one vacation while everyone else sat around Mr. Rashbaum chased his youngest Hannah around the pool. He was always curious always wanted to lean more and see more said his wife. The two of them were always going off finding and exploring. He talked about his family all the time said Bearce. His three daughters are really special girls all different and he always told us great stories about each one. Many people don t survive an aortic aneurysm. Mr. Rashbaum made it into a cab and to the hospital. He called his wife. While away in San Francisco for business he underwent emergency surgery. His family flew out his older daughters from Spain and New York. He made it through surgery only to suffer strokes and a herniated brain stem. Doctors told his wife he had only minutes left. He really really did! n t want to go said his wife. He tried so hard. He breathed more hours.. Stephanie Hayes can be reached at shayessptimes.com or . . Biography Drew Rashbaum Born July Died Aug. Survivors wife Beth daughters Erin Caitlin and Hannah brothers Ken Rashbaum and his wife Liz Eric Brandt and his wife Darlene sister Lisa Stoloff and her husband Phillip Services a.m. Monday at Congregation Schaarai Zedek W Swann Ave. Tampa. Family will receive visitors minutes before service. Last modified Aug AM Share your thoughts on this story Read our guidelines for comments First Name only Location Comment May be published online and or in print You have characters left to comment. Subscribe to the Times Click here for daily delivery of the St. Petersburg Times. 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