| 04 May 2010
Via John Lowe at the Detroit Free Press:
Ernie Harwell, the acclaimed Tigers broadcaster whose eloquence and kindness made him a beloved Michigan institution, died Tuesday night after a nearly year-long bout with cancer. He was 92.
He died in his apartment at Fox Run Village, a retirement center in Novi, with Lulu, his wife of 68 years, at his side. His death came eight months to the day after he revealed to his fans, in an interview with the Free Press, that he had a cancerous tumor in the area of his bile duct and that in late July he had been given only a few months to live.
Ernie told us death was coming and coming soon. He was ready. We weren't and would never be. Knowing Ernie's time left was short doesn’t make it any easier to take.
A big piece of my youth died along with Ernie Harwell. As someone who grew up listening to Ernie, his voice filled every summer of my life. He was always there, calling the game better than any man alive.
To generation after generation of Detroit Tigers fans, Ernie Harwell was, and always will be, baseball.
Godspeed, Ernie.
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