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Myron Cope dies!

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http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08058/860748-100.stm

Myron Cope, colorful sports broadcaster and reporter whose Terrible Towel remains the banner of the Steelers nation, has died.

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I am so depressed!


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There is a big battle brewing in heaven, who is going to cover the "Heavenly Sports"? Bill Currie or Myron Cope? He was more than his sign off "This is Myron Cope On Sports", he was "Myron Cope On Life".

Stuart Greenberg
Chapel Hill, NC
 
I loved Myron. He was my favorite sportscaster of all time. He inspired me to go into sports media.

People will remember him as football's answer to Harry Caray (which is more of an honor to Caray than Cope).

But I will always remember him as the greatest sports talk show host of all time- the proper mix of entertainment and information.

I just hope his son will be okay.
 
Wonderful man and great loss to Pittsburgh and broadcasting itself. I had the fortune to work in the same building with Myron for a brief time. You could always tell when Myron was in the office, you just had to listen for the laughter as he cracked another joke or told a terrific story of the Glory Days.

Godspeed, Myron! Yoi!
 
What a good good man. This is a great loss, to sports, to Pittsburgh media, to those who fight autism. As a radio listener or TV viewer, how could one not smile when you heard Myron speak.

Thank you for sharing your joy with us.
 
We've lost a true American original! A legend is gone. We'll never hear another one like him.  We'll miss you Myron -- Thanks for all the great years.
 
My official Myron Cope yellow and black "Terrible Towel" dried a few personal tears today.

Myron will always be remembered ... and forever missed. It doesn't get any better than that.

Thank you, Myron, for what you did for Pittsburgh, your community and the Steelers. You were much more than "Myron Cope on Sports."

You were the heart of the Steel City.

I'd love to have been at the Pearly Gates for that reception, I'll tell you.
 
The coverage of Myron's death proves how much he was loved both in and out of Pittsburgh. From ESPN to home on Channel 4, the coverage and mentions have been incredible.

I thought I knew everything about Myron, having read his books, but I learned more today reading and watching all the tributes.

We grew up with him, loved him, and when we moved away we never forgot him. Part of my childhood died today, because listening to Myron filled many nights of our lives.

I got to spend time with Myron and various Steelers training camps. He is what true broadcast legends are made of.

And Pittsburgh and the entire Steelers nation will never be the same.
 
It has not been an "okle dokle" day at all. :'( RIP Myron. You were more than Quadruple YOI.

An original and an icon. I'll be waving my TERRIBLE TOWEL in your honor tonight.
 
There's a meeting on a couple of bar stools in Heaven tonight between Myron, The Chief, Ray Mansfield and Fats Holmes. The air is heavy with smoke and the stories.....oh the stories!!!

Mazel Tov, Myron!!
 
Myron Cope will definitely be missed by this Terrible Towel wielding Steelers fan in Atlanta. I never got to hear him too much but what I did hear was fantastic. He is a true legend. Godspeed Myron! :(
 
Thanks for the comments on the TAE site. I just received a comment from Capatin Show Biz (Ted Atkins) and former WTAE personality Mike McGann. They are on the TAE website for all to see.

Jeff Roteman
 
Jeff, I didn't know whether to thank you by name or not until you replied to my last post, but I want to thank you personally for all the enjoyment I have gotten ever since I discovered the internet a few years ago. You have given me the opportunity to relive the 60's and 70's all over agint with all your historical radio info. thanks, Bob
 
Thanks Bob,

My radio websites have always been about the people and stations that influenced me. I've always hoped that they bring back strong memories to everyone else as well, whether you are in the industry or just a fan of great radio. The sites have been written to be both historical and as fan sites. I've tried to avoid being negative to the personalities. We all have some kind of skeletons in our closets but these sites are not the place for those. Rather they are a celebration of radio and personalities from the 'Good Old Days'.

Over the years I have been thrilled to get to communicate with legendary programmers like John Rook, Mike McCormick, Bob Harper, John Gehron, and now Ted Atkins.

So many of us that are now in the business have been influenced by some amazingly talented people that have graced the air in Pittsburgh.

By the way, anyone with tapes or pictures that they would like to contribute to any of my sites can contact me at [email protected].

Jeff
 
Proud to have been a motivating factor in the 1250 WTAE tribute site. ;D

In the past few months, I interviewed Ted Atkins, Bob Dearborn and serveral others, gathering information for an online book on WTAE during the Captain Showbiz days.

In his first day on the job at Hearst, Ted Atkins went to his hotel room to listen to the market. When he heard Myron on the air that night, he decided he was firing him the next day. The rest is history!

There is not a better guy then Ted Atkins, and what a tremendous guy to talk to.

And Myron played such a HUGE part in that station!!
 
Cope made turning down the sound such a ritrual for Steeler fans no matter where we were that I once saw a guy trying to dump the present web address in an Internet kiosk in the ESPN Zone at Disneyworld just so he could stream Myron during a Monday night game against the Chiefs. Once he had pulled off the feat and turned the tinny little speakers up you could see every Pittsburgher in the place slowly but surely gravitate toward that kiosk drawn in by the force that was Myron. Had the manager attempted to disconnect the feed he would have been flogged to within an inch of his life by a couple of dozen towel toting yinzers who cared not that the delay put Myron and Bill about three seconds behind the game. It was Myron. It was a voice from home.
 
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