Dave Niehaus Passes At 75

((HT: KCTS-TV9 Seattle))

Signature voices are slowly losing ground and their place in the soundtrack of our lives. In the days of transitive announcers, bouncing from contract to contract and city to city looking for their big break and even bigger payday, there were those few who stayed.

And those who stayed became part of the fabric of our houses, under our pillows on transistors, and part of the family.

Dave Niehaus was part of the family for a lot of people in the Pacific Northwest for thirty years as the voice of the Seattle Mariners.

He passed away at his home after suffering a heart attack- according to team officials.

Here's the story as it broke, thanks to our friends at KING5...


And here's an episode of the KCTS-TV show "Conversations" with Niehaus as the subject

Seattle's Voices of The Game

The Seattle Times' Percy Allen got one of the best interview sessions we could ever dream of- the five voices that have shaped Seattle sports over the last 50 years.

Each is a credit to the business and worth learning from and listening to...

The Mariners Dave Niehaus
The Seahawks Steve Raible
Wazzu's Bob Robertson
U-Dub's Bob Rondeau and
Former Sonics and current Sounders FC Kevin Calabro

He turned the sit-down into a five-part series...
Here's the segment where they all describe where they got their catch phrases...