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  • Jack Buck, 1924 - 2002

    06/18/2002 10:17:59 PM PDT · by MediaMole · 39 replies · 5,527+ views
    MLB.COM ^ | 06/18/2002 | Jared Hoffmann
    By Jared Hoffman MLB.com ST. LOUIS -- Hall of Fame and St. Louis Cardinals broadcaster Jack Buck died late Tuesday night at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. He was 77. Buck had been hospitalized since Jan. 3 because of surgeries for a cancerous spot on his lung, an intestinal blockage, the effects of Parkinson's disease, kidney failure and a series of infections. Buck, who broadcast almost every professional sport at one time or another in his career, will be widely remembered as the Voice of the St. Louis Cardinals, the team for whom he broadcast games from 1954-2001, and as one of sports'...