
Deceased
How Did Curt Gowdy Die?
Life & Death
Died aged 86GenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn31/07/1919Born inGreen River, Wyoming, USADied20/02/2006 (aged 86)Died inPalm BeachCauseleukemiaWikidataQ1145100 ↗Buried atMount Auburn CemeteryTMDb#1242259 ↗
Curtis Edward Gowdy was an American sportscaster. He called Boston Red Sox games on radio and TV for 15 years, and then covered many nationally televised sporting events, primarily for NBC Sports and ABC Sports in the 1960s and 1970s. He coined the nickname "The Granddaddy of Them All" for the Rose Bowl Game, taking the moniker from Cheyenne Frontier Days in his native Wyoming.
Read full Wikipedia article ↗Filmography8 titles
| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | The Sounds of BaseballSeries | Self (archive footage) | 101 |
| 2002 | Circle of HonorSeries | — | 83 |
| 1998 | BASEketballMovie | World Series Announcer (voice) | 79 |
| 1988 | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!Movie | Baseball Announcer | 69 |
| 1986 | An Amazin' EraMovie | Self | 67 |
| 1978 | Heaven Can WaitMovie | TV Commentator | 59 |
| 1975 | The Way It WasSeries | — | 56 |
| 1972 | BanacekSeries | Curt Gowdy | 53 |