Jill Tracey, beloved South Florida media personality, dies at 60
RIP 🕊🙏🏾
Broadcaster Jill Tracey hosts “Hot Talk with Jill Tracey,” a community engagement and issues show that airs 11 p.m. Sundays on Hot 105. Photo provided to the Miami Herald
Jill Tracey, the beloved media personality known most recently from her work with HOT 105 FM Miami, died on Friday at the age of 60.
Tracey, a popular voice in South Florida radio for more than three decades, was also running for the District 2 seat on the Hollywood city commission at the time of her death. She formerly served as the president of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) South Florida chapter, where she advocated for diversity in journalism.
Most recently, Tracey had spent more than a decade with HOT105, where she took on various roles. She served as news director and co-hosted the Rickey Smiley Morning Show on weekdays, in addition to leading her own program, “Hot Talk with Jill Tracey,” on Sunday nights at 11 p.m.
