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Longtime college basketball broadcaster Billy Packer dies at 82

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Billy Packer, an Emmy award-winning college basketball broadcaster who covered 34 Final Fours for NBC and CBS, died Thursday. He was 82.

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College basketball broadcaster Billy Packer dies at 82

Billy Packer, an Emmy award-winning college basketball broadcaster who covered 34 Final Fours for NBC and CBS, has died at 82. Packer's son, Mark, told The Associated Press on Thursday

1 year ago·United States

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USA Today

Longtime college basketball broadcaster Billy Packer dies at 82

Billy Packer, the college basketball analyst who called the men's Final Four every year from 1975-2008, has died.

1 year ago·United States

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CNN

Billy Packer, longtime NCAA basketball announcer, dies at 82

Announcer Billy Packer, who was called "the voice of the NCAA men's basketball tournament" for decades, died Thursday, his son announced in a tweet. He was 82.

1 year ago·Atlanta, United States

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The Washington Post

Billy Packer, college basketball analyst who was March Madness staple, dies at 82

Packer was a fixture on telecasts of the NCAA men’s tournament from 1975 to 2008.

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KRDO

College basketball broadcaster Billy Packer dies at 82

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Billy Packer, an Emmy award-winning college basketball broadcaster who covered 34 Final Fours for NBC and CBS, has died at 82. Packer’s son, Mark, told The Associated Press on Thursday night that his father had been hospitalized for the past three weeks and had several medical issues, and ultimately succumbed to kidney failure. Packer’s broadcasting career coincided with the growth of college…

1 year ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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