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same here with the skier falling off the ski jump that is Mckays voice they used to open wide world of sports every week.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFWt_Dt4ces&feature=related]
Also at the 72 olympics when the hostages were killed his famous quote to the american audience saying "They're all gone"
It really hurts us older guys that McKay's gone..He's been a sports staple my whole life..And he was a classy sportscaster all the way up to the end. It's all of these great sportscasters voices that I'm going to miss the most..Schenkel and McKay were unique..You knew immdiately who it was when you heard the commentary behind the sporting event. I can't really say that about many of the bland voices I hear out there today..R.I.P. Mr. McKay
It was Jim Mckay who finally broadcast the tragic truth of the 1972 Munich Olympics.
I will never forget listening to Jim McKay tell the world that all of the Israeli atheletes had been killed at the Munich airport in September of 1972 after reports surfaced that they were OK.
I can still hear an apparently heartbroken Jim Mckay uttering his fateful words, "They're all gone."
I will never forget listening to Jim McKay tell the world that all of the Israeli atheletes had been killed at the Munich airport in September of 1972 after reports surfaced that they were OK.
I can still hear an apparently heartbroken Jim Mckay uttering his fateful words, "They're all gone."
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]McKay received two Emmy Awards for his work during the 1972 games, one for his coverage of the games and the other for his reporting on the terrorism. He was also the 1972 recipient of the George Polk Memorial Award, given annually to the one journalist whose work represents the most significant and finest reporting of the year. The Munich coverage was also recognized with his receipt of the Officer's Cross of the Legion of Merit, bestowed by the former West German Federal Republic. [/FONT]
RIP Jim McKay.
wil.
RIP Jim McKay.
wil.
