Jim McKay - Dead

[watson]

NEW YORK (AP) -- Jim McKay, the veteran and eloquent sportscaster thrust into the role of telling Americans about the tragedy at the 1972 Munich Olympics, has died. He was 87.

McKay died Saturday of natural causes at his farm in Monkton, Md. The broadcaster who considered horse racing his favorite sport died only hours before Big Brown attempted to win a Triple Crown at the Belmont Stakes.

He was host of ABC's influential Wide World of Sports for more than 40 years, starting in 1961. The weekend series introduced viewers to all manner of strange, compelling and far-flung sports events.

[Judge Smails]

Today, our worst fears have be realized. He's gone! He's all gone!

RIP Jimmy Mac

[A.J.]

I think a lot of us grew up watching him cover so many sporting events. It's sad to see people like that go but he lived a rich full life. RIP.

[Tenbatsuzen]

Never mind, didn't see smails did the joke already

[Jughead]

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[Gvac]

I posted it this morning in the "random dead person thread" for fear that sailor would show up screaming that McKay wasn't worthy enough of his own death thread.

Wide World of Sports RULED back in the 70's!

[A.J.]

Wide World of Sports RULED back in the 70's!

Damn straight!

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[tele7]

Wide World of Sports RULED back in the 70's![/QUOTE]

Thirded. Was about to say the same thing. RIP Jim.:sad:

[PD]

WWoS ruled every saturday, while Spanning the Globe.

McKay was a Sports Journalist, and introduced many of us to things we'd otherwise not have known about.

The coverage of the Tragedy of 72 Munich was historical.
If you have never seen One Day in September (http://www.sonypictures.com/classics/oneday/flash/oneday.html) you should, and maybe you can see the significance of McKay's reporting of that event.