Late actress Nichelle Nichols, who passed away in July, will return to space with several of her “Star Trek” crew members as part of a mission to set their remains into orbit.
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Cynthia Littleton Business EditorVin Scully, the legendary Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster who died Aug. 2 at the age of 94, was remembered in a tribute Friday at Dodger Stadium as a towering but humble figure whose work extended beyond the team to become part of the fabric of baseball.“He wasn’t just a Dodger — he loved the game of baseball that we all love and care about,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said during the memorial ceremony that preceded the Blue Crew’s evening home game against the San Diego Padres.“Vin, you will be missed,” Roberts said from the field, surrounded by team members.
Some players them wore special hats bedecked with an image of an old-fashioned microphone with wings attached. “We love you. We will think about you every day.
Every game we come here, every fan who shows up to Dodger Stadium, there’s a reason you will always be remembered. You’ll always be linked to these five words: It’s time for Dodger baseball,” Roberts said.
Roberts instructed the stadium crowd of 50,000 to stand up and shout those five words loud enough so that Scully would hear the start of the game from his perch in “Blue heaven.” The fans obliged, many of them with tears in their eyes.Roberts also had Dodgers announcers Joe Davis and Orel Hershiser unveil a larger banner hung underneath the picture window of the broadcast booth that read: “We’ll Miss You, Vin.” That was a nod to a similar banner that Scully unveiled on his final night in the booth on Sept. 24, 2016.
That sign read, “I’ll Miss You, Vin.”The salute included a video with highlights of Scully’s extraordinary life and 67 seasons with the team. It included several clips from Scully’s 2016 retirement ceremony, when he reassured fans that baseball would return
.Late actress Nichelle Nichols, who passed away in July, will return to space with several of her “Star Trek” crew members as part of a mission to set their remains into orbit.
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A staggering loss. Vin Scully, who was the voice of Dodgers baseball for 67 seasons, has died at age 94.
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.