Baseball Hall of Famer, Phillies announcer and NFL Films voice, Harry Kalas dies Monday afternoon. He was 73. ESPN, Philly.com, and numerous other sites have reported this already. It was heard first from Todd Zolecki's Twitter page.
Kalas was found unconscious in the broadcast booth at Nationals Stadium at 12:30 and died less than an hour later at the George Washington University Medical Center.
Kalas had an undisclosed surgery in February.
Some of his achievements as the voice of the Phillies since 1971 includes calling 2 World Series championships and a baseball Hall of Fame induction in 2002 as the recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award.
The cause of death is not yet known.
I'm deeply saddened by this. I've been crying a little for the past 15-20 minutes and it's just so heartbreaking. I just saw him last Wednesday at the Phillies/Braves game where he threw out the first pitch after the ring ceremony. That was also his last home game, an honor for me and I'm glad I saved that ticket stub.
Thank you Harry the K for everything and we will miss you. You can now join Whitey Ashburn in the great broadcast booth in the sky.
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