A longtime Philadelphia sports broadcasting legend has died.
Al Meltzer‘s family told WCAU that he died Tuesday night, but a cause of death was not disclosed. He was 89.
Known to fans as “Big Al,” Meltzer worked for several television stations during an award-winning 50-year career. He also was inducted into the Philadelphia Sports and Jewish Sports halls of fame.
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Meltzer also worked in Buffalo, N.Y., in the 1970s as the play-by-play announcer for the NFL’s Buffalo Bills.
The cause of death was not disclosed.