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Mariners Hall of Fame broadcaster Dave Niehaus dies

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FILE - In this July 23, 2008, file photo, broadcaster Dave Niehaus raises his arms in the booth as he is introduced to the crowd during a baseball game between the Seattle Mariners and the Boston Red Sox, as fellow broadcaster Rick Rizzs applauds at right in Seattle. Niehaus, the legendary and beloved voice of the Mariners from their inception in 1977 through the final game of the 2010 season, has died, the ballclub confirmed on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010. Niehaus, who received the Ford Frick Award at the Hall of Fame induction ceremony in 2008, was 75. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

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by Associated Press

KTVB.COM

Posted on November 10, 2010 at 8:36 PM

SEATTLE, WA -- Dave Niehaus, the Hall of Fame broadcaster who called Seattle Mariners' games from their first season through this
year, has died of a heart attack. He was 75.

The team confirmed that Niehaus died Wednesday.

Niehaus was the voice of the Mariners from their first game on April 6, 1977, through the end of the 2010 season with his golden
Midwestern voice punctuated by his trademark "My oh My!" and "It will fly away!" calls.

He was the recipient of the 2008 Ford C. Frick award and was inducted into the broadcasters' wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame.