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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Howard Cosell canonical 20
Howard William Cosell 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
radio personality
sports broadcaster
television personality
almaMater New York University
New York University School of Law
awardReceived Emmy Award
Peabody Award
birthDate 1918-03-25
birthPlace Winston-Salem, North Carolina
surface form: 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
employer ABC Sports
American Broadcasting Company
familyName Cosell
fieldOfWork American football commentary
boxing commentary
sports broadcasting
fullName Howard Cosell self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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
surface form: 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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1979 World Series televisionAnnouncer Howard Cosell
Howard Cosell fullName Howard Cosell self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Howard William Cosell
1982 World Series televisionAnnouncer Howard Cosell
1984 World Series televisionAnnouncer Howard Cosell
Bananas hasCastMember Howard Cosell
Bananas featuresCameo Howard Cosell
film "Ali" (2001) character Howard Cosell
subject surface form: Ali (2001 film)
Cosell hasNotableBearer Howard Cosell
Wide World of Sports notableHost Howard Cosell
Speaking of Sports author Howard Cosell
Speaking of Sports mainSubject Howard Cosell
1977 World Series with Los Angeles Dodgers televisionAnnouncer Howard Cosell
subject surface form: 1977 World Series
1977 World Series televisionAnnouncer Howard Cosell
Dandy Don coCommentatorWith Howard Cosell
subject surface form: Don Meredith
Turn out the lights, the party’s over associatedWithPerson Howard Cosell
subject surface form: "Turn out the lights, the party’s over"
Mary Edith Abrams spouse Howard Cosell