Yuri Rasovsky, American playwright and producer, founded The National Radio Theater of Chicago (b. 1944)
Yuri Rasovsky (July 29, 1944 – January 18, 2012) was an American writer and producer working in the field of radio drama in the United States.
He founded and operated The National Radio Theater of Chicago from 1973 to 1986 and later formed the Hollywood Theater of the Ear (since 1993). In the 1990s, he forsook radio for audiobooks. Many of his radio plays have been published as commercial recordings or as Internet downloads. His new plays are being released by Blackstone Audio. He died in 2012 of esophageal cancer.