Vin Scully, legendary Dodgers broadcaster, dead at 94
LOS ANGELES – Legendary baseball broadcaster Vin Scully, the “voice of the Dodgers” for nearly seven decades, has died at age 94, the team announced late Tuesday.
According to The Associated Press, Scully died Tuesday night at his home in Los Angeles’ Hidden Hills neighborhood. No further details were immediately available.
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“He was the voice of the Dodgers, and so much more,” the team tweeted shortly after 11 p.m. EDT. “He was their conscience, their poet laureate, capturing their beauty and chronicling their glory from Jackie Robinson to Sandy Koufax, Kirk Gibson to Clayton Kershaw. Vin Scully was the heartbeat of the Dodgers – and in so many ways, the heartbeat of all of Los Angeles.”
Scully’s tenure with the Dodgers began in 1950, when the team was still in Brooklyn, according to the Los Angeles Times. Three years later, the then 25-year-old made history as the youngest person to broadcast a World Series game, the AP reported.
When the team moved to California in 1958, Scully joined them. He remained with the Dodgers until he retired in 2016, making his mark as the longest tenured broadcaster with a single team in the history of professional sports, according to the AP.
Over the decades, Scully received numerous accolades, including a spot in the Baseball Hall of Fame, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the AP reported.
“We have lost an icon,” Dodgers President and CEO Stan Kasten said in a statement late Tuesday. “The Dodgers’ Vin Scully was one of the greatest voices in all of sports. He was a giant of a man, not only as a broadcaster, but as a humanitarian. He loved people. He loved life. He loved baseball and the Dodgers. And he loved his family. His voice will always be heard and etched in all of our minds forever.”
Scully was preceded in death by a son, Michael, in 1994; his first wife, Joan, in 1972; and his second wife, Sandra, in 2021, according to the AP and the Times. His other children are Catherine, Kelly, Erin, Todd and Kevin, the AP reported.
– The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Circa 1960s: Announcer Vin Scully of the Los Angeles Dodgers poses for a photo circa 1960s.
1969: "It Takes Two" host Vin Scully in 1969.
1972: "The Vin Scully Show." From left, Vin Scully and Lawrence Welk are shown on April 11, 1972.
1984: NBC Sports announcers Vin Scully and Joe Garagiola reading NBC headlines at Shea Stadium in Queens, New York, for the 1984 World Series promos on September 7, 1984.
1987: Voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers radio broadcasts, Vin Scully, poses in the outfield of Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California, in 1987.
1998: Sports announcers Bob Miller (right) for the Los Angeles Kings, Chick Hearn (middle) for the Los Angeles Lakers and Vin Scully (left) for the Los Angeles Dodgers during a 25th year celebration at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California, on Jan. 31, 1998.
1999: Vin Scully throws out the first pitch on Opening Day before the Los Angeles Dodgers game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium on April 5, 1999, in Los Angeles.
2002: Sportscaster Vin Scully and his wife, Sandra, attend the American Ireland Fund Gala on April 17, 2002, in Los Angeles.
2007: Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully speaks during ceremonies honoring Jackie Robinson before the game between the San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 15, 2007, at Dodger Stadiium in Los Angeles.
2008: Dodgers radio announcer Vin Scully and former manager Tommy Lasorda attend a special star ceremony honoring the Los Angeles Dodgers with an Award of Excellence on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on June 20, 2008, in Hollywood, California.
2009: Los Angeles Dodger announcer Vin Scully receives the AMEE Award in Broadcasting during the 2009 AFTRA Media and Entertainment Excellence Awards at the Biltmore Hotel on March 9, 2009, in Los Angeles.
2012: Dodger broadcaster Vin Scully waves to the crowd before throwing out the first pitch during ceeremoniew honoring him on his 64 years of sevice before the game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Los Angeles Dodgers on August 30, 2012, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
2014: Parade Grand Marshal Vin Scully and wife Sandra Hunt attend the 125th Tournament of Roses Parade Presented by Honda on January 1, 2014, in Pasadena, California.
2015: Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully is presented a certificate by Guiness World Records for having the longest career as a sports broadcaster for a single team before the game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium on September 23, 2015, in Los Angeles.
2016: Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully waves to the crowd after leading in the singing of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" during the seventh inning stretch of the game with the Colorado Rockies at Dodger Stadium on September 24, 2016, in Los Angeles. The Dodgers won 14-1.
2016: U.S. President Barack Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to broadcaster and National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Vin Scully during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on November 22, 2016, in Washington, D.C. Obama presented the medal to 19 living and two posthumous pioneers in science, sports, public service, human rights, politics and the arts.
2017: Former Los Angeles Dodgers play-by-play announcer Vin Scully gestures onstage as former MLB player Frank Robinson, left, and Los Angeles Dodgers owner Magic Johnson, right, look on during the Los Angeles Dodgers Jackie Robinson statue unveiling at Dodger Stadium on April 15, 2017, in Los Angeles.
2018: Jimmy Kimmel and Vin Scully arrive at the 2018 From Paris With Love Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Gala at L.A. Live Event Deck on October 20, 2018, in Los Angeles.
