Francis

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Francis is the given first name of legendary Los Angeles Lakers play-by-play announcer Chick Hearn.

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Label Occurrences
Francis canonical 1

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Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
awardReceived Curt Gowdy Media Award ⓘ
burialPlace Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath complications from a fall ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1926-11-27 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2002-08-05 ⓘ
employer KCAL-TV ⓘ
KCOP-TV ⓘ
KWHY-TV ⓘ
surface form: KHJ-TV

KLAC ⓘ
Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
ethnicGroup European American ⓘ
surface form: White American
familyName Hearn ⓘ
fieldOfWork sports broadcasting ⓘ
genre basketball broadcasting ⓘ
givenName Francis ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
nickname Chick Hearn ⓘ
notableFor Los Angeles Lakers play-by-play commentary ⓘ
long consecutive-games broadcasting streak for the Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
notableWork coining basketball phrases such as "air ball" ⓘ
coining basketball phrases such as "dribble-drive" ⓘ
coining basketball phrases such as "faked him into the popcorn machine" ⓘ
coining basketball phrases such as "no harm, no foul" ⓘ
coining basketball phrases such as "slam dunk" ⓘ
occupation play-by-play announcer ⓘ
sportscaster ⓘ
placeOfBirth Aurora, Illinois ⓘ
surface form: Aurora, Illinois, United States
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
position radio announcer ⓘ
television announcer ⓘ
residence Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sport basketball ⓘ
spouse Marjorie Hearn ⓘ
team Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chick Hearn → givenName → Francis ⓘ