San Diego, CA (AP) -- Charlie Jones, the deep-voiced sportscaster whose career as a play-by-play announcer spanned 38 years for ABC and NBC, has died at the age of 77.
His wife Ann says Jones died of a massive heart attack Thursday at his home in the La Jolla district of San Diego.
Jones started at ABC in 1960 and moved to NBC in 1965, remaining with that network until 1997. He announced 28 different sports while with NBC, from golf to tennis, baseball to figure skating. He called events at the 1988 Seoul Olympics and the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
Jones, who retired in the late 1990s, had been in poor health for several years, his wife said.
``He said, 'I never felt like I ever went to work,''' Ann Jones said Friday. ``He loved it. He said, 'I've got the best seat in the house.'''
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