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08-18-2019, 04:07 PM
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Jack Whitaker dead at 95
If you followed horse racing at all this saddens you. Between golf and horse racing was one of my favorites as a kid. Legendary career.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jack-wh...es-2019-08-18/
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08-18-2019, 04:21 PM
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The Voice of Reason!
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Sorry to hear.
He is an icon in broadcasting. 
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08-18-2019, 04:35 PM
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Huge loss. He was one of those sportscasters, like Vin Scully and Al Michaels, who brought a literary touch to his craft. And of course he was a great fan and broadcaster of horse racing. Probably the second biggest event he ever broadcast was Secretariat's Triple Crown. (He was part of the broadcast team for Super Bowl I on CBS- that tops Secretariat.)
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08-18-2019, 04:49 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dilanesp
Huge loss. He was one of those sportscasters, like Vin Scully and Al Michaels, who brought a literary touch to his craft. And of course he was a great fan and broadcaster of horse racing. Probably the second biggest event he ever broadcast was Secretariat's Triple Crown. (He was part of the broadcast team for Super Bowl I on CBS- that tops Secretariat.)
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I would put Jim McKay in there as well.
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08-18-2019, 08:51 PM
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Jack Whitaker, along with Jim McKay and Charlsie Cantey...great broadcasts and great times.
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08-18-2019, 09:43 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Elkchester Road
Jack Whitaker, along with Jim McKay and Charlsie Cantey...great broadcasts and great times.
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Second that...I have an old tape where Whittaker was talking about the last CBS coverage of NYRA racing..
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08-18-2019, 11:11 PM
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They don't make them like that anymore.
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08-19-2019, 08:41 AM
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When I first started following the game I remember Jack's great segments on those CBS broadcasts with Charlsie Cantey and Frank Wright. He had the eloquent words and the great voice.
Funny how I think the sound of one's voice used to be a requirement for that type of job...
Ray Scott and Curt Gowdy were a couple of other guys with wonderful sounding voices who drew you into the broadcasts, at least to me anyway.
Jack Whitaker doing one of his segments on Jack Whitaker would have been good.
RIP
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08-21-2019, 11:20 AM
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At the Races Tuesday, last hour - Steve replays his interview with Jack from 2012.
Great segment. 
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08-26-2019, 08:15 PM
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THEY SEND IN THE MAN
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RIP
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08-26-2019, 10:38 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GMB@BP
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Jack Whitaker was a professional in every sense of the word.
One by one, the greats are leaving us.
RIP
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