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Post Icon Posted: June 07 2008,9:24 pm Post # 1 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Jim McKay has died at age 86.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=3430672
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Post Icon Posted: June 07 2008,9:51 pm Post # 2 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Always enjoyed his style of broadcasting. Enjoyed a good long life. RIP.

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HBO did a show about his career last year. He done good. RIP

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Thanks for all the years Jim :)

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Post Icon Posted: June 08 2008,9:47 am Post # 5 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
He really was the voice of my youth...I grew up listening and watching to him.  Wide World of Sports was a staple for us.  The man was a legend...he will be missed. :(

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Post Icon Posted: June 08 2008,9:51 am Post # 6 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
R.I.P.  Jim....  :(

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Was a true pioneer... :good   Took us Around The World via videotape way before CNN came into being... :beer

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Post Icon Posted: June 08 2008,5:47 pm Post # 8 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
His manner was eloquent and precise...Wide World of Sports and of course his classic Olympic broadcasts :good

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Quote (CaliKat @ June 08 2008,9:47 am)
He really was the voice of my youth...I grew up listening and watching to him.  Wide World of Sports was a staple for us.  The man was a legend...he will be missed. :(

Same her, I remember every Saturday I couldn't wait till it was on. R.I.P :(

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