Michaela Zee editorThe African American Film Critics Association held its fourth annual AAFCA Awards on Saturday to honor outstanding work in television. During the ceremony, Courtney B.
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A staggering loss. Vin Scully, who was the voice of Dodgers baseball for 67 seasons, has died at age 94.
The sports icon died at his home in Los Angeles on Tuesday, August 2, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced after speaking to Scully’s family. A cause of death was not immediately revealed.
“We have lost an icon,” Stan Kasten, Dodgers president and CEO, said in a statement. “Vin Scully was one of the greatest voices in all of sports. He was a giant of a man, not only as a broadcaster, but as a humanitarian. He loved people. He loved life. He loved baseball and the Dodgers. And he loved his family. His voice will always be heard and etched in all of our minds forever. I know he was looking forward to joining the love of his life, Sandi. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family during this very difficult time. Vin will be truly missed.”
Born in the Bronx in 1927, Scully began his career with the Dodgers in 1950 when the team was still based at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. When his broadcasting partner Red Barber got into a salary dispute with a sponsor ahead of the 1953 World Series, Scully took his place in NBC’s television booth, becoming the youngest person to broadcast a World Series. (The record still stands in 2022.)
Scully stayed with the team when the organization moved to California in 1958. At the time, the Dodgers played in the very large Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, which made it difficult for some fans to follow the action. Attendees soon found a solution, however — they brought along handheld transistor radios so they could listen to Scully calling the game on the radio.
The New York native was best known for being the voice of the Dodgers — sticking with the team through 2016, for a total of 67 seasons — but
Michaela Zee editorThe African American Film Critics Association held its fourth annual AAFCA Awards on Saturday to honor outstanding work in television. During the ceremony, Courtney B.
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Broadcaster Vin Scully will be honored with a commemorative black patch by the Los Angeles Dodgers, the team said today. The black patch will have a microphone and “Vin” on the uniforms.
pic.twitter.com/FloR9dBhZjScully's 67-year career as the voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers began in 1950 when the team was still in Brooklyn. He soon became the team's lead announcer, a position he held for the rest of his career.He followed the Dodgers after they left Brooklyn for Los Angeles in 1957 and it was in L.A.
died on Tuesday at age 94 from natural causes, 6 years after he formally retired from his longtime role. And even nearly a decade later, for his admirers no time had passed at all, nor was his loss felt any less deeply.Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti called Scully “our dear friend, the Voice of LA,” and said “he united us, inspired us, and showed us all what it means to serve.”“No one was better at any job than Vin Scully was at his,” Jimmy Kimmel said, calling Scully “a lovely man on top of that.”“There will never be another Vin Scully. Our most heartfelt condolences to the Scully family, the Dodgers organization, and baseball fans everywhere,” the Minnesota Twins organization said on its official Twitter page.“You are more a part of Los Angeles History than sunshine and palm trees.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has said that City Hall will be lit up on Wednesday night to honor legendary broadcaster Vin Scully, the radio and TV voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers who died Tuesday at the age of 94.
J. Kim Murphy The sports world and the city of Los Angeles are paying tribute to Vin Scully, the legendary sports announcer that called 67 seasons of Dodgers baseball. Scully died Tuesday at the age of 94, leaving behind a towering legacy as one of the most prominent, skilled and dedicated play-by-play announcers ever.“We have lost an icon,” said Dodger president and CEO Stan Kasten in a statement announcing Scully’s death.
Vin Scully, the radio and TV voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers for 67 years who in the process became synonymous with the city, died Tuesday, the Dodgers organization said. He was 94.
pic.twitter.com/FloR9dBhZj“He was the voice of the Dodgers, and so much more,” the team wrote. “He was their conscience, their poet laureate, capturing their beauty and chronicling their glory from Jackie Robinson to Sandy Koufax, Kirk Gibson to Clayton Kershaw.”Scully’s longevity is almost hard to process. He began calling Dodgers games in 1950, when the team was still in Brooklyn.
Jon Weisman Vin Scully, the longtime Dodgers play-by-play announcer considered by many to be the king of his profession, died Tuesday. He was 94.The Los Angeles Dodgers confirmed Scully’s death through its official social media.“He was the voice of the Dodgers, and so much more,” the organization wrote.
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