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Pete Van Wieren has died.
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Pete Van Wieren has died.


Aug 2, 2014, 11:18 AM

Following a long bout with lymphoma. He was 69.

The Professor was one of the Braves' signature broadcasting voices, along with Skip Caray and Ernie Johnson, from 1976 to 2008.

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Part of the best broadcasting trio ever.


Aug 2, 2014, 11:21 AM

Sad day.

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Re: Part of the best broadcasting trio ever.


Aug 2, 2014, 11:23 AM





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He was a good one, and a link to a special, bygone era for


Aug 2, 2014, 11:22 AM

Braves fans.

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"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard."
- H. L. Mencken


Re: Pete Van Wieren has died.


Aug 2, 2014, 11:28 AM

http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/news/2012/oct/13/retired-braves-broadcaster-loving-life-even-while/

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RIP, another great radio voice gone. ******


Aug 2, 2014, 11:29 AM



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It is a travesty that


Aug 2, 2014, 11:30 AM

None of Van Wieren, Caray, or Johnson have received the Ford C. Frick award, and de facto Hall of Fame status. The award would now be posthumous for all three.

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RIP Professor***


Aug 2, 2014, 11:53 AM



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I heard them say they were in the Pete Van Weiren


Aug 2, 2014, 12:48 PM

broadcast booth the other night, and I thought to myself, "did he pass away and I not hear about it?", I never bothered to look it up.

RIP. Great announcer.

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He passed this morning. The booth was already named for him.


Aug 2, 2014, 12:54 PM



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thanks for the info


Aug 2, 2014, 1:23 PM

usually when they name something after somebody it is posthumously. But not always, obviously.

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Skip, Pete, Captain Herb, the Bluebird truck stop, Harold's


Aug 3, 2014, 5:12 AM

BBQ.

The ATL of my youth has officially died.

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