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Legendary Sportscaster Dick Enberg Dead At 82

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Broadcaster Dick Enberg waves the to the crowd during a ceremony after receiving the Ford C. Frick Award before a baseball game between the San Diego Padres and Philadelphia Phillies at Petco Park August 7, 2015 in San Diego, California.
Broadcaster Dick Enberg waves the to the crowd during a ceremony after receiving the Ford C. Frick Award before a baseball game between the San Diego Padres and Philadelphia Phillies at Petco Park August 7, 2015 in San Diego, California.

*Beloved broadcaster Dick Enberg, who accented sportscasts with his signature “Oh My!” during a career that spanned five decades, died on Thursday, ESPN reported. He was 82.

Enberg was found dead at his home in San Diego. His wife Barbara told the San Diego Union-Tribune that her husband failed to catch a Thursday flight to Boston, where they were supposed to meet.

“He was dressed with his bags packed at the door,” she said. “We think it was a heart attack.”

Enberg worked for NBC, CBS and ESPN, calling some of the world’s biggest sporting events, including 10 Super Bowls, 28 Wimbledons and eight NCAA men’s basketball title games, according to ESPN.

Enberg was born and raised in Michigan and graduated from Central Michigan University, where he began his broadcasting career, ESPN reported. He moved to California and covered the UCLA Bruins basketball team, which won eight NCAA titles during his tenure.

“Sportscasting is a kid’s dream come true, which is one of the reasons that I keep doing it,” he said in his autobiography, according to the Los Angeles Times. “I can’t let my dream go. I’m still love with what I do.”

In 1968, Enberg called what was dubbed the “The Game of the Century” between UCLA and the Houston Cougars, the first prime time NCAA regular-season game broadcast nationwide, according to ESPN. The Bruins’ 47-game winning streak came to an end that night.

“That was the platform from which college basketball’s popularity was sent into the stratosphere,” Enberg said about the game, ESPN reported. “That became a monumental event.”

Enberg was honored with awards from the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He also won 13 Sports Emmy Awards and a Lifetime Achievement Emmy.

Dick Enberg gets a surprise visit in the booth from his son, Ted, and the two work an inning during the Padres' final home game of the 2016 season
Dick Enberg (L) gets a surprise visit in the booth from his son, Ted, and the two work an inning during the Padres’ final home game of the 2016 season

His last job was calling San Diego Padres games, which he retired from in 2016.

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