“Wide World of Sports” announcer Bill Flemming, 80
Posted: Friday, July 27th, 2007 7:51 pmBill Flemming, one of the original announcers on ABC’s “Wide World of Sports,” who was also known for his Olympics, college football and golf broadcasts, died July 20 in Petoskey, Michigan He was 80.
The cause was prostate cancer, his son, W. Mason Flemming, said.
For over 60 years, Flemming was one of the principal voices in the rise of electronic journalism in sports. He announced 11 Olympics and more than 600 events for “Wide World of Sports,” once shuttling from hurling in Ireland to car racing in Santa Monica, California, to a parachuting contest in Bavaria, all in a single month. …
One of his successes was getting an interview with the reclusive chess champion Bobby Fischer during his 1972 matches with Boris Spassky in Iceland. … Read full obituary
