Darrell Martinie aka The Cosmic Muffin, was a Boston, Massachusetts-based AFA

American Federation of Astrologers

The American Federation of Astrologers, or AFA, was incorporated May 4, 1938 in Washington, DC. Now headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, AFA was established to encourage and promote the science and art of astrology through research, teaching, lecturing and practice...

 certified professional astrologer

Astrologer

An astrologer practices one or more forms of astrology. Typically an astrologer draws a horoscope for the time of an event, such as a person's birth, and interprets celestial points and their placements at the time of the event to better understand someone, determine the auspiciousness of an...

 and radio personality

Radio personality

A radio personality is a person with an on-air position in radio broadcasting. A radio personality can be someone who introduces and discusses various genres of music, hosts a talk radio show that may take calls from listeners, or someone whose primary responsibility is to give news, weather,...

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Martinie worked on-air for more than 30 years, at times nationally syndicated but primarily and most memorably at WBCN in Boston and WBLM

WBLM

WBLM 102.9 FM is a classic rock radio station servicing the southern Maine and southeastern New Hampshire listening areas from Portland, Maine. The station has a studio in One City Center, along with WJBQ and WHOM...

 in Portland. His television credits include featured appearances on the David Susskind Show

David Susskind Show

The David Susskind Show was an American television talk show hosted by David Susskind. The program began its existence in 1958 as Open End, and was broadcast by WNTA-TV in New York City...

, ABC's 20/20 and a daily appearance on the local Boston "The Paul Benziquin Show". His nickname "The Cosmic Muffin" was given to him by Charles Laquidara

Charles Laquidara

Charles Laquidara is an American radio disc jockey whose show, The Big Mattress, was broadcast in the Boston, Massachusetts area for nearly 30 years on WBCN. He spent four years doing The Charles Laquidara Radio Hour on WZLX...

, and taken from a National Lampoon

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 "Radio Dinner" parody "Deteriorata

Deteriorata

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". Martinie would end each broadcast with the phrase "It is a wise person who rules the stars, a fool who is ruled by them - Over and out." In 1993, then-Governor of Massachusetts

Governor of Massachusetts

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, Bill Weld named Martinie "Official Astrologer of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts". Martinie died of cancer

Cancer

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His words "over and out" were the last to be heard on WBCN on August 12, 2009.

External links

• Obituary in the Boston Globe