Howard Cosell

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Howard Cosell was a famously outspoken and influential American sports broadcaster known for his distinctive voice, candid commentary, and major role in bringing personality-driven analysis to televised sports.

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instanceOf human
radio personality
sports broadcaster
television personality
almaMater New York University
New York University School of Law NERFINISHED
awardReceived Emmy Award
Peabody Award
birthDate 1918-03-25
birthPlace Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
causeOfDeath heart failure
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
coWorker Al Michaels
Don Meredith
Frank Gifford
Keith Jackson
deathDate 1995-04-23
describedBy famously outspoken and controversial sports broadcaster
educatedAt New York University
New York University School of Law NERFINISHED
employer ABC Sports
American Broadcasting Company
familyName Cosell
fieldOfWork American football commentary
boxing commentary
sports broadcasting
fullName Howard William Cosell
genre sports journalism
givenName Howard
hasVoiceCharacteristic staccato, emphatic delivery
knownFor calling major boxing matches
distinctive nasal voice
outspoken commentary
partnership with Muhammad Ali
personality-driven sports analysis
role on Monday Night Football broadcast team
marriageStart 1944
memberOf ABC Monday Night Football broadcast team
notableEvent announcement of John Lennon’s death on Monday Night Football in 1980
notableWork Monday Night Football
Speaking of Sports
Wide World of Sports
numberOfChildren 2
occupation author
journalist
sports commentator
placeOfDeath New York City, New York, United States
raisedIn Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
religion Judaism
spouse Mary Edith Abrams


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