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The Associated Press
Published: Wed, February 27, 2008 - 10:31 am
Last Updated: Wed, February 27, 2008 - 10:43 am
Last Updated: Wed, February 27, 2008 - 10:43 am
announcer known for his screechy voice and for creating the
Terrible Towel, has died at the age of 79.
Joe Gordon, Cope's longtime friend and a former Steelers
executive, says the announcer died Wednesday morning at a nursing
home in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mount Lebanon.
Gordon says Cope had been treated for respiratory problems and
heart failure in recent months.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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