{"id":658211,"date":"2013-05-15T18:01:50","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T22:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/?p=230266"},"modified":"2013-05-15T18:01:50","modified_gmt":"2013-05-15T22:01:50","slug":"fred-white-dies-broadcaster-was-76","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/658211","title":{"rendered":"Fred White Dies: Broadcaster Was 76"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fred White, who was a sports broadcaster for the Royals, has died from complications of melanoma just a day after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.upi.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/15\/Royals-broadcaster-Fred-White-dies-at-age-76\/9961368653124\/\">announcing<\/a> his retirement. He was 76 years old. <\/p>\n<p>White had a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/2013\/05\/15\/4237772\/former-royals-broadcaster-fred.html\">40-year career<\/a> with the Royals, some of which was spent in charge of the Royals Radio Network and as director of Broadcast Services. When he wasn&#8217;t broadcasting for the team, he was calling basketball games.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fred White has been synonymous with Royals baseball as long as anybody can remember,&#8221; Royals vice president of communications and broadcasting <a href=\"http:\/\/kansascity.royals.mlb.com\/news\/article.jsp?ymd=20130514&#038;content_id=47511930&#038;%23038;vkey=news_kc&#038;%23038;c_id=kc\">Mike Swanson said<\/a> when the team announced White&#8217;s retirement. &#8220;There are so many people in Kansas City who, when they hear a voice, they knew it was Royals baseball, and Fred was that voice along with Denny for so many years. He had a huge influence on my life back in the &#8217;70s, and I&#8217;m personally honored that I had a chance to work with him when I came back to town and wish him and his family nothing but the best.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>White reportedly died while under hospice care. Funeral arrangements are pending.<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=o76yE9viC6E:rL1sn84g43Q:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=o76yE9viC6E:rL1sn84g43Q:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=o76yE9viC6E:rL1sn84g43Q:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=o76yE9viC6E:rL1sn84g43Q:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=o76yE9viC6E:rL1sn84g43Q:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=o76yE9viC6E:rL1sn84g43Q:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=o76yE9viC6E:rL1sn84g43Q:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=o76yE9viC6E:rL1sn84g43Q:mfZ73u_VV2s\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=o76yE9viC6E:rL1sn84g43Q:mfZ73u_VV2s\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/webpronews\/all\/~4\/o76yE9viC6E\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fred White, who was a sports broadcaster for the Royals, has died from complications of melanoma just a day after announcing his retirement. He was 76 years old. White had a 40-year career with the Royals, some of which was spent in charge of the Royals Radio Network and as director of Broadcast Services. 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