In their classic radio show, Car Talk, hosts Ray and Tom Magliozzi, demonstrated what some doctors consider an ideal example of the thinking doctors need to learn to make a good medical diagnosis. Liz Linder/WBUR hide caption
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Tom Magliozzi, co-host of Car Talk, could opine about driving in far-off places. Courtesy of Car Talk hide caption
BJ Leiderman is the composer of the theme music heard on NPR's Morning Edition, Weekend Edition and Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! Courtesy of Cole Rian: Jen Haynes & Mel Wils hide caption
Tom Magliozzi co-hosted the longtime public radio show Car Talk. He died Monday. Courtesy of Car Talk hide caption
Tom Magliozzi co-hosted the longtime public radio show Car Talk. He died Monday. Courtesy of Richard Howard hide caption
Brothers Tom (left) and Ray Magliozzi pose under a car hood in Boston. The comic duo hosted NPR's Car Talk for a quarter of a century before retiring in 2012. Since then, the show has been heard in reruns. Tom has died at age 77. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
Tom Magliozzi's laugh boomed in NPR listeners' ears every week as he and his brother, Ray, bantered on Car Talk. Courtesy of Car Talk hide caption
Paula Poundstone and her dream car. courtesy of Car Talk hide caption
After the bombs went off Monday in Boston, bystanders, police and emergency personnel rushed to help those who were caught in the blasts, as this video image shows. Marc Hagopian/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Ray, left, doing some dental work on Tom. CarTalk.com hide caption