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DOSSIER – In this January 12, 2016, archive photo, from left to right, sports broadcasters Phil Simms, Jack Whitaker and Jim Nantz participate in the CBS Sports CBS 2016 Winter TCA panel in Pasadena, California. Whitaker, whose career space in broadcasting ranged from the first Super Bowl to the Triple Crown of the Secretariat, to short essays from major sporting events, died on Sunday, August 18, 2019, CBS announced. The network said Whitaker died of natural causes while he was sleeping in Devon, Pennsylvania. He was 95 years old. (Photo by Richard Shotwell / In vision / AP, File)
Jack Whitaker, whose broadcast career in the Hall of Fame went from the first Super Bowl to the Triple Crown crown, to short essays on major sporting events, died Sunday morning, CBS announced.
The chain said Whitaker died of natural causes while asleep in Devon, Pennsylvania. He was 95 years old.
Whitaker, a native of Philadelphia who was injured in Omaha Beach three days after the D-Day invasion, began his broadcast career at WCAU-TV in Philadelphia and spent 22 years for CBS Sports. He worked for ABC from 1982 in the information and sports sectors and was part of the coverage of the network networks of the network in 1984 and 1988.
"I grew up watching him do a contemplative and contextual prose with his famous essays, bringing class and dignity to his area," said Jim Nantz, CBS Sports' senior announcer, in a statement. "I talked to him this week after the arrival of the hospice at his home, and his mind was still alive until the end."
Whitaker had been the only announcer to play live the first 21 Super Bowls.
CBS Sports President Sean McManus said that Whitaker's writing, on-air presence and humanity were unparalleled.
"His unique perspective on sports ranging from horse racing to golf to NFL football was extraordinary," McManus said.
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