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Legendary Sportscaster Jim McKay dies at 86

Rover found this 6/7/2008 on celebritique.com

Jim McKay, the veteran and eloquent sportscaster thrust into the role of telling Americans about the tragedy at the 1972 Munich Olympics, has died. He was 86. McKay died Saturday, said ABC, the network with which he was long affiliated. The cause of death was not immediately given. McKay was host of ABC’s “Wide World of [...]