"The Peak" Radio's Caroline Corley Dies Suddenly

By Patch editor Krista Madsen

Patch is sad to report the sudden death on Monday of Caroline Corley, 52, from unknown causes. She completed her morning radio show with the Peak (WXPK/107.1), and collapsed. Responders were unable to revive her.

I personally enjoyed meeting her at one of her Coffee with Caroline chats at the W@tercooler in Tarrytown last December where she gathered with a group of great ladies and shared her lively wit, coffee and muffins, and a touching story of taking a validating drive with her 80-something-year-old dad. 

Corley said at the time she’s been in the radio business for 30 years but it took a recent drive into the city with her elderly father for him to finally offer her a short line of praise on her career choice. A hard-earned moment of that validation we all seek. It made us all smile to hear her tell it.

She’s also a huge fan of Halloween, which made her a great match for Sleepy Hollow. She talked to me for an hour over the phone one day, rattling off her wildly creative ideas for events we could hold over our prolonged Halloween season here.

She made herself infinitely available; clearly a generous woman with a big heart, though it may have been her heart that failed her in the end.

Another reminder to give thanks for those close this season.

Read more on her passing in the Hudson Valley Reporter here.