Announcer Skip Caray dies at 68

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ATLANTA (Ticker) -- Longtime Atlanta Braves broadcaster Skip Caray passed away on Sunday. He was 68.

Caray, the son of legendary broadcaster Harry Caray, died in his sleep at his Atlanta home.

"Our baseball community has lost a legend today," Braves president John Schuerholz said. "The Braves family and Braves fans everywhere will sadly miss him. Our thoughts are with his wife, Paula, and his children."

This season marked the 33rd year Caray had been calling games for Atlanta, a majority of which were for TBS, which gave him a national audience and fan base.

Caray, who was just nine days shy of his 69th birthday, was inducted into the Braves Hall of Fame in 2005 with his longtime broadcast partner Pete Van Wieren.

Born in St. Louis, Carey began his broadcasting career at KMOX-Radio in his hometown as host of a 15-minute high school sports show and as a sportscaster for high school basketball games. He later joined his father as a color commentator for Missouri football.

Caray began broadcasting baseball for the Tulsa Oilers of the Southern League in 1963. He also has announced for the Atlanta Crackers in baseball's Southern League and basketball for St. Louis University. He joined the NBA's St. Louis Hawks broadcasting team in 1967, moving to Atlanta with the team the following year.

"I’ll never forget Skips call in The 1992 NLCS when Francisco Cabrera hit a two-run single that scored David Justice and Sid Bream in the bottom of the ninth to win the Series over the Pirates."