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Sportscaster, outdoorsman Curt Gowdy dies

By Howard Ulman
Associated Press — Feb. 20, 2006

Monday, February 20, 2006

Read Curt Gowdy's ESPNOutdoors.com columns here. FORT MYERS, Fla. — Curt Gowdy, one of the signature voices of sports for a generation and a longtime broadcaster for the Boston Red Sox, died Monday at 86. He died in Palm Beach after a long battle with leukemia, Red Sox spokeswoman Pam Ganley said. Gowdy made his broadcasting debut in 1944 and went on to call the first Super Bowl in 1967, as well as 13 World Series and 16 All-Star games. He also called the famous "Heidi" game in 1968. ...

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