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Monday, September 12, 2005

Chris Schenkel - Sports broadcasting icon dies after battling illness

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Chris Schenkel 1923-2005
Sports broadcasting icon dies after battling illness


By Ted Green and Phil Richards
ted.green@indystar.com


Chris Schenkel, an Indiana icon and one of the founding fathers of sports broadcasting, died early Sunday at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne after a long battle with emphysema. He was 82.

Schenkel's radio and television broadcasting career spanned more than 60 years and included virtually every major sports competition.">Sports broadcasting icon dies after battling illness: "September 12, 2005

Well I can't really say if Chris Schenkel ever did a darts broadcast, but he is a figure that I grew up with and his sports coverage of all types of sorts truly enlightened me. I must say that I'm disappointed that there has been little coverage on TV of his passing.

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