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Jim McKay was 86 years old. I've heard he might have had an illness (in one story I read), and also that he simply died quietly at home from natural causes. And saying that 'he is one of those people that feels like he should always be there' is very close to the truth. I think that's how a lot of us feel about Jim McKay, and it probably is at least partly because so many of us have grown up on his work at the Olympics and Wide World of Sports. In my case my earliest memories of watching the Olympics involve Jim McKay and Munich. I probably watched Mexico City in 1968 (I was six) but I just don't remember.
No, I didn't know you had gotten it four times. I thought I had sent it twice by mistake, but I didn't know it had gone four times. I belong to three different Boitano lists though, so I might have accidentally sent it to this group that many times.
gail
From: Jennifer Catalano
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Boitano] Sportscaster legend Jim McKay has died
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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?
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