Jim McKay

I would be remiss to mention the sports broadcasting world lost a great individual today. This man was synonymous with ABC's Wide World of Sports on Saturday afternoons and the Olympic games in which he became a news reporter when the Israeli team was held captive during the 1972 Olympic games in Munich, Germany.

JIM MCKAY-- 9/24/21-6/8/08-- Age 86

Born James Kenneth McManus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 24 September 1921. Educated at Loyola College, Baltimore, Maryland, B.A. 1943. Married: Margaret Dempsey, 1948; children: Mary Edwina and Sean Joseph. Served in U.S.Navy, 1943-46. Reporter, Baltimore Evening Sun, 1946-47; writer-producer-director, Baltimore Sunpapers' WMAR-TV, 1947-50; variety show host, sports commentator, CBS-TV, 1950-61; host, ABC Wide World of Sports, 1961-80; television commentator, all Olympiads, 1960-88; founder and chair, "Maryland Million" Horse Racing Program, from 1986. H.H.D., Loyala College, 1981. Recipient: 13 Emmy Awards; George Polk Memorial Award, 1973; Federal Republic of Germany Officer's Cross Order of Merit, 1974; Olympic Medal, Austria, 1977; Thoroughbred Breeders of Kentucky Engelhard Award, 1978, 90; honorary; Maryland Racing Writers Humphrey S. Finney Award, 1985; named to Sportscasters Hall of Fame, 1987; National Turf Writers Award, 1987; Peabody Award, 1989; U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame, 1989. Address: ABC Sports, 47 West 66th Street, New York, New York 10023, U.S.A.

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