Vin Scully, the radio voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers for 67 years who in the process became synonymous with the city, died Tuesday, the Dodgers organization said. He was 94. “We have lost an icon…
for 67 years who in the process became synonymous with the city, died Tuesday, the Dodgers organization said. He was 94.
Scully got his start with the Dodgers franchise in 1950 in Brooklyn, where at age 22 he became the third man in the booth with Hall of Famer Red Barber and Connie Desmond. He followed the team to the West Coast when it moved to Los Angeles in 1958 and was the main radio announcer until retiring in 2016 at age 88 still at the top of his game.
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