Steven B. Williams, Well-Known Denver DJ, found dead from gunshot wound
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Brian Maass
Reporting
(CBS4) DENVER A well-known Denver disc jockey was found dead and a
criminal investigation is under way into how he died, CBS4 investigator
Brian Maass has learned.
Steven B. Williams was half of the "Steven B. and The Hawk" morning
show on KBPI radio in the early 1980s. The pair dominated FM radio with
their deft humor, impersonations and light comedy.
Williams, 59, had a deep, distinctive radio voice that boomed across
Denver and the Front Range.
In recent years, Williams had moved to San Pedro, California and lived
on a boat.
On May 18, a boat captain found his body floating six miles from
Catalina Island in the Pacific Ocean. The Los Angeles County Sheriff
said Williams' autopsy showed Williams died from a gunshot wound.
A friend of Williams in California doubted the gunshot wound was self
inflicted saying Williams "was in great spirits" when last seen in
early May.
Detectives were closely interviewing Williams' friends and associates
in San Pedro.
The L.A. Sheriffs department said it was an amazing coincidence that a
boater found Williams' body in the middle of the ocean and if he
hadn't, its possible nobody would have ever known what happened.
Williams worked at three radio stations in Denver and one in Colorado
Springs. He got his start in radio in Hawaii in the 1970s.
Don Hawkins, or "The Hawk," died unexpectedly in 1994 during routine
surgery.