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American sportscaster who was the lead play-by-play announcer for the American Leagues Seattle Mariners from their inaugural season in 1977 until his death after the 2010 season. In 2008, the National Baseball Hall of Fame awarded Niehaus with the Ford C. Frick Award, the highest honour for American baseball broadcasters. Among fans nationwide and his peers, Niehaus was considered to be one of the finest sportscasters in history. Niehaus suffered a myocardial infarction (heart attack) at his Bellevue, Washington home on 10 November 2010, and died at the age of 75 while preparing to barbecue some ribs on his deck. Heart problems had forced Niehaus to undergo two angioplasties in 1996, causing him to give up smoking and change his diet. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less