So long, Jack Whitaker

Bob Jersey

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Aug 18, 2019, 4:47:13 PM8/18/19

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Versatile sportscaster: golf, boxing, horse racing, and of course, the NFL.

Just when people were sure he'd never leave CBS Sports, he moved to ABC, likely because it would increase his odds of covering Olympic events.

Enough 'toob of him still around, if you don't mind sifting through those of three others with similar names, e.g. a budding equestrian star that might reach the Tokyo Games.

In Devon, PA (long an equestrian hotbed); 95.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jack-whitaker-legendary-cbs-sports-announcer-has-died-at-age-95-cause-of-death-natural-causes-2019-08-18/ (link)

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Aug 18, 2019, 6:19:24 PM8/18/19

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R.I.P. to one of my fellow Saint Joe's grads.

Good stuff in this obit about his early days at Channel 10, alongside John Facenda and Ed McMahon:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jack-whitaker-dead-erudite-sportscaster-cbs-abc-was-95-723626

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Aug 18, 2019, 9:59:11 PM8/18/19

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I really liked Whitaker. But I blame his literate, insightful essay style for his many later imitators, who are just obnoxious and self-indulgent.

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