Former ABC Wide World of Sports anchor Jim McKay has passed away.
Jim was always the consummate professional. His delivery was never forced, slanted or biased unlike many of his ABC colleagues, most notably Howard Cosell. Whether it was downhill skiing or cliff diving from Acapulco, you always heard the same calm, cool commentary from Jim McKay.
Unquestionably his finest moment was during the 1972 Olympics in Munich when he was suddenly thrust into the position of being a serious news journalist and all of the nation's eyes and ears were trained upon him. There were several different ways he could have reported the events as they unfolded, but for 16 hours without a break, he gave the same calm, cool delivery right to the bitter end.
"When I was a kid my father used to say our greatest hopes and our worst fears are seldom realized. Our worst fears have been realized tonight. They have now said there were eleven hostages; two were killed in their rooms yesterday morning, nine were killed at the airport tonight. They're all gone."
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