Tim McCarver, Big League Catcher and Broadcaster, Dies at 81

Tim McCarver, Big League Catcher and Broadcaster, Dies at 81
Baseball announcer Tim McCarver poses in the press box before the start of Game 2 of the American League Division Series in New York on Oct. 2, 2003. Kathy Willens/AP Photo
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NEW YORK—Tim McCarver, the All-Star catcher and Hall of Fame broadcaster who during 60 years in baseball won two World Series titles with the St. Louis Cardinals and had a long run as one of the country’s most recognized, incisive, and talkative television commentators, died Thursday. He was 81.

McCarver’s death was announced by baseball’s Hall of Fame, which said he died Thursday morning due to heart failure in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was with his family.