Sports broadcaster Jim McKay died today at his farm in Monckton, Maryland. He was the host of ABC's Wide World of Sports for 40 years, and was the voice behind "The thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat." McKay received the International Olympic Committee's highest honor, the Olympic Order, in 2002. He also won 12 Emmy Awards, including one for news for his coverage of the massacre at the 1972 Olympic games in Munich. He talked about those dark days in this Archive of American Television interview. McKay was 86.
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You beat me to it. Thanks for getting this up.
He was the best. It's odd that we won't hear his voice this summer in the coverage from Beijing.
It was a thrill to listen to his commentary..
and agony to hear of his death.