Announcer Skip Caray dies at 68
08/03/2008
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ATLANTA (Ticker) -- Longtime Atlanta Braves broadcaster Skip
Caray passed away on Sunday. He was 68. Caray, the son of legendary broadcaster Harry Caray, died in his
sleep at his Atlanta home. "Our baseball community has lost a legend today," Braves
president John Schuerholz said. "The Braves family and Braves
fans everywhere will sadly miss him. Our thoughts are with his
wife, Paula, and his children." This season marked the 33rd year Caray had been calling games
for Atlanta, a majority of which were for TBS, which gave him a
national audience and fan base. Caray, who was just nine days shy of his 69th birthday, was
inducted into the Braves Hall of Fame in 2005 with his longtime
broadcast partner Pete Van Wieren. Born in St. Louis, Carey began his broadcasting career at
KMOX-Radio in his hometown as host of a 15-minute high school
sports show and as a sportscaster for high school basketball
games. He later joined his father as a color commentator for
Missouri football. Caray began broadcasting baseball for the Tulsa Oilers of the
Southern League in 1963. He also has announced for the Atlanta
Crackers in baseball's Southern League and basketball for St.
Louis University. He joined the NBA's St. Louis Hawks
broadcasting team in 1967, moving to Atlanta with the team the
following year.
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