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40 years ago, an NYC gunman had one request: ‘Desperado’

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Published March 19, 2020, 9:29 p.m. ET
Bernie Leadon, Glenn Frey, Don Henley and Randy Meisner of The Eagles in 1973.
Bernie Leadon, Glenn Frey, Don Henley and Randy Meisner of The Eagles in 1973. Photo by Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns
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Jimmy Fink was the DJ at WPLJ that played "Desperado" for Joseph Paul Rivera in 1980.
Jimmy Fink was the DJ at WPLJ that played “Desperado” for Joseph Paul Rivera in 1980. Stephen Yang
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Fink at work at his current job at The Peak 107.1 in White Plains, New York.
Fink at work at his current job at The Peak 107.1 in White Plains, New York. Stephen Yang
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Fink at work at his current job at The Peak 107.1 in White Plains, New York.
March 9, 2020 – White Plains, NY: Jimmy Fink, radio DJ at The Peak 107.1 in White Plains, with an Eagles logo on the computer . On March 20, 1980,… Stephen Yang