Monday, June 9, 2008

SPORTSCASTER JIM MCKAY HAS PASSED AWAY

Sportscaster JIM MCKAY . . . who hosted "Wide World of Sports" on ABC . . . passed away on Saturday of natural causes. He was 86.

Here's the opening sequence to "Wide World of Sports" from the 1970s. Naturally, it includes Jim McKay announcing the show's iconic catchphrase: "The thrill of victory . . . and the agony of defeat."

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