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Greg Gumbel’s Cause of Death: Sports Broadcasting Legend Passes Away at 78

Greg Gumbel has passed away. The sports broadcasting legend was 78.

Sportscaster Greg Gumbel is interviewed prior to the 2016 NCAA Men’s Final Four at NRG Stadium on April 1, 2016 in Houston, Texas. In 2001, he became the first Black broadcaster to deliver play-by-play at a major US sports championship, when he announced Super Bowl XXXV for CBS. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for UNICEF)David Berson, president and CEO of CBS Sports, sang Gumbel’s praises today in a statement issued to ESPN.

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