R.I.P. to one of my fellow Saint Joe's grads. Good stuff in this obit about his early days at Channel 10, alongside John Facenda and Ed McMahon: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jack-whitaker-dead-erudite-sportscaster-cbs-abc-was-95-723626
On Sunday, August 18, 2019 at 4:47:13 PM UTC-4, Bob Jersey wrote: > > Versatile sportscaster: golf, boxing, horse racing, and of course, the NFL. > > Just when people were sure he'd never leave CBS Sports, he moved to ABC, > likely because it would increase his odds of covering Olympic events. > > Enough 'toob of him still around, if you don't mind sifting through those > of three others with similar names, e.g. a budding equestrian star that > might reach the Tokyo Games. > > In Devon, PA (long an equestrian hotbed); 95. > > > https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jack-whitaker-legendary-cbs-sports-announcer-has-died-at-age-95-cause-of-death-natural-causes-2019-08-18/ > > (link) > > B > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/1e3e85b0-1036-4af0-8f4b-ab90e9dd5a07%40googlegroups.com.
