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The National Radio Hall of Fame is set to induct Neal Boortz, Dr. Demento, Harry Kalas and others on November 7 in Chicago

The casket containing the body of Hall of Fame Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas will be on view beginning at 8:45 a.m. Saturday at home plate at Citizens Bank Park. Fans will be able to file past Kalas' casket and pay their respects for about four hours, after which there will a memorial service. Kalas passed away Monday after collapsing in the broadcast booth before the Phillies' 9-8 victory over the Washington Nationals. He was 73. The last time a baseball figure was honored this way at a major league ballpark was for Babe Ruth on Aug. 17, 1948, according to...

<p>Update: Team president David Montgomery says that Harry Kalas is dead at age 73.</p> <p>Bad news for Phillies fans: announcer Harry Kalas is found passed out in the press box and rushed to GW Hospital.</p> <p>Philadelphia Phillies president David Montgomery says team broadcaster Harry Kalas has been taken to a hospital after passing out in the broadcast booth before Monday's game at the Washington Nationals.</p>

Harry Kalas, the Phillies' Hall of Fame announcer, died at 1:20 p.m. today, the Phillies announced. Mr. Kalas collapsed in the press box at Nationals Stadium in Washington at about 12:30 p.m. and was rushed to George Washington University Medial Center. The cause of the death was not announced. Today's game against the Nationals will be played, but the team will not visit the White House tomorrow. Kalas, who was found unconsious, missed most of spring training after undergoing undisclosed surgery in Feburary. That surgery was unrelated to the detached retina that sidelined him for part of last season. Kalas,...