But off the air, she has endured unimaginable heartbreak. In 2012, her 16-year-old son Sammy died of complications related to sickle cell anemia; in 2017, her 18-year-old son Zack died by suicide; in 2019, her stepson Ryan died of a drug overdose. She also lost her brother, Michael, and sister-in-law Anne in a plane crash in 1985.
In a new interview with People, the radio host said that at times, she has nothing left to give to her listeners, but she knows that they call in needing help and she needs to "rise to the occasion to meet that need."
Delilah also said that interacting with her children and grandchildren is what gives her hope because she knows they are "going to be here long after I'm gone."
"Every person that you encounter has a multitude of stories. Everyone, including people that we dismiss, homeless people, elderly people, and the terminally ill. They're loved, they're so valuable, so precious," she says. "When people listen, I want them to know that's the truth. There's nobody with a mind or a heart exactly like yours that makes you so unique and so precious."
"It's not OK to talk about grief, to talk about loss, to talk about mental health, to talk about suicide, and to talk about disease when it affects young people," said Delilah, adding, "It's not something you can compartmentalize, then go to a 12-step meeting for a week and you're okay. It doesn't work that way."
"When somebody says, 'I grew up listening to you. I made my kids listen to you, growing up in the backseat of the car, now my grandkids…' When you're a part of the fiber of somebody's life, of their family, there's no higher compliment."
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