I was too so sad to hear he died. I know he was old and seems he didn't suffer from a long illness, just old. At the same time though, he is one of those people that feels like he should always be there. Maybe because I grew up on the Olympics and Wide World of Sports and have been an avid Olympic fan and general sports fan since. He was someone that felt so familiar. Sorry to hear him go. And I found out about it while watching the Belmont on Saturday. That was an ugly dissappointment as well.

By the way, Gail, did you know that we got your email 4 times?

--- On Sat, 6/7/08, GAIL TURLEY <anthrogail1@...> wrote:

From: GAIL TURLEY <anthrogail1@...>
Subject: [Boitano] Sportscaster legend Jim McKay has died
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Date: Saturday, June 7, 2008, 11:34 PM

I'm sure most of you have heard about the death of sportscaster Jim McKay.  He died today (Saturday) at age 86.  He and his wife would have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary this year.

 

Yes, we all know about his time on 'Wide World of Sports' and 'the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat' (probably the only sports related saying I remember nearly as well is Al Michael's 'Do you believe in miracles?  Yes!'), but one of the first things that came to my mind was 1972 in Munich.  I can not think of any other sportscaster who could have handled that horrible situation with the kind of class and dignity that Jim McKay handled it with.  To be honest, since I was ten years old at the time I remember it more from documentaries and rebroadcasts, but I can't possibly ever forget Jim McKay coming out in Munich and saying the worst possible thing had happened and then 'They're all gone.'  I remember when the FS Nationals were held in San Jose in 1996 (I was lucky enough to be there in person!), a friend and fellow Boitano fan saw the semi-retired Jim McKay on the skating broadcasts and told me it was her first time seeing him and now she understood why he was considered a 'legend'. 

 

There will never be another one like him, and he will definitely be missed.

 

http://msn.foxsport s.com/other/ story/8220078/ %27Wide-World- of-Sports% 27-host-McKay- dies-at-86. 

 

http://www.bloomber g.com/apps/ news?pid= 20601103&sid=a5iQ1DJPFEhQ&refer=us

 

http://www.museum. tv/archives/ etv/M/htmlM/ mckayjim/ mckayjim. htm

 

http://ap.google. com/article/ ALeqM5jfdn2uoYJw OEdiYCzfkvC52PmF 7wD915HKF80

 

http://news. google.com/ news?hl=en_ US&ncl=http://ap. google.com/ article/ALeqM5jf dn2uoYJwOEdiYCzf kvC52PmF7wD915HK F80

 

gail

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Gail
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