Death of Pat Summerall

May 10, 1930 - April 16, 2013
Dallas, Texas | Age 82

Former NFL broadcaster dies at 82
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STEPHEN HAWKINS, The Associated Press

DALLAS (AP) — The voice of football. The NFL's narrator for generations. A master of restraint.

Pat Summerall soothed American television audiences over four decades — his deep, resonant voice and simple, understated style served as the perfect complement to the boisterous enthusiasm of John Madden, his partner in a celebrated pairing that lasted half of the NFL player-turned-announcer's career.

Summerall died Tuesday at age...

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