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Dick Enberg (1935-2017)

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The legendary sportscaster, who covered a variety of sports, including baseball, tennis, golf, basketball, and football, died tonight at his home in suburban San Diego at age 82. He would have turned 83 on January 9th; he last worked full-time in 2016, as the TV voice of the San Diego Padres for seven seasons. He was recently working on his PodcastOne show earlier (newest episode was released yesterday). According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, he was supposed to en route to Boston via a flight, but his wife suspected he may have died from a heart attack...

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/sd-sp-dick-enberg-death-obit-20171221-story.html

Rest in peace...
 
Dick was a local star in LA before his network success. I always liked his voice and style. He was one of many in the 60's and 70's that made LA one of the top markets for sports broadcasters. He, along with Chick Hearn, Vin Scully, Stu Nahan, and others were at the top of their game. The late Seattle Mariners radio pbp guy, Dave Niehaus worked with Enberg on the Angels broadcasts before moving north in 1977. Some may not know that Dave's signature HR/excitement call came directly from Enberg's famous "Oh My" expression. Dave simply added a "My" at the beginning..."my oh my". RIP to Dick, one of the best ever.
 
I remember him as the host of the long-running syndicated sports quiz show "Sports Challenge." He not only hosted, but also provided re-created play-by-play on many of the historical sports clips used to try to stump the panels of famous athletes.
 
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