Sportscaster Curt Gowdy Dies

 

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FORT MYERS, Fla. - Curt Gowdy, one of the signature voices of sports for a generation and the longtime broadcaster for the

Boston Red Sox, died Monday at 86.

 

He died in Palm Beach after a long battle with leukemia, Red Sox spokeswoman Pam Ganley said.

 

Gowdy made his broadcasting debut in 1944 and went on to call 13

World Series and 16 All-Star games.

 

In 1951 Gowdy became main play-by-play voice on the Red Sox broadcast team. He left the Red Sox in 1966 for a 10-year stint as "Game of the Week" announcer for NBC. He was also the longtime host of the "American Sportsman" series.

 

"He's certainly the greatest play-by-play person up to this point that NBC sports has ever had," NBC Universal Sports chairman Dick Ebersol said Monday. "He literally carried the sports division at NBC for so many year on his back. ... He was a remarkable talent and he was an even more remarkable human being."

 

RIP to one of the all-time greats.

RIP, one of the biggest names.

Yeah, I heard this morning, my mom and his daughter are friends.

 

Shame, he was a terrifically nice guy.

RIP.

 

His voice is one of the most distinct and rememberable of all time.