Jim McKay, Olympic and ABC announcer, dies at age 86

Jim McKay, Olympic and ABC announcer, dies at age 86
ESPN ^ | 6/7/08

Posted on 06/07/2008 7:46:50 AM PDT by Borges

Jim McKay, 86, a longtime television sports journalist, has died of natural causes in Maryland, according to a statement from the McKay family.

McKay is best known for hosting ABC's "Wide World of Sports" and 12 Olympic Games.

McKay won numerous awards for journalism, including two Emmys and the George Polk Award for his sports and news coverage of the 1972 Munich Olympics.

In 1988, McKay was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame.

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To: jalisco555

Alexyev, the weight lifter! That guy was amazing.

RIP, Mr. McKay

41 posted on 06/07/2008 1:58:19 PM PDT by grellis (By order of the Ingham County Sheriff this tag has been seized for nonpayment of taxes)

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To: Borges

Always struck me as a class act. RIP, Mr. McKay.

42 posted on 06/07/2008 6:59:29 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)

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To: Aaron0617

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=cff_1200171297

Back story on “the agony of defeat”.

43 posted on 06/07/2008 8:22:27 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor

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