We saw this roll up on our RSS feeds and our hearts skipped a beat. Legendary Los Angeles sportscaster Stu Nahan died yesterday from lymphoma. We grew up donning Dodger blue and sleeping in our Steve Sax limited edition blankey while most kids slept with their Care Bears and Voltron one-piece pajamas, so this was a knock from home. Nahan’s career stretched across five decades, but was mostly known as the Dodgers and Kings radio announcer. Some spotlights in his career:

In 1968, Nahan began doing nightly sports reports on KABC-TV Channel 7. He moved to KNBC-TV Channel 4 in 1977 and to KTLA-TV Channel 5 in 1988, retiring from television in 1999.

Nahan also appeared in a number of movies and television episodes. After landing a bit part in the 1971 TV movie “Brian’s Song,” he had a string of film roles as a sports commentator, most notably in Sylvester Stallone’s series of “Rocky” films.

He also played himself in “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” (1982), interviewing the character Jeff Spicoli — played by Sean Penn — in a dream sequence.

That’s right, he was cheering Rocky to beat up on a commie and he was hanging out in a stoner’s dreams. Now Vince Scully just has to live forever, or else we’re leaving Los Angeles…permanently.

Stu Nahan, 81; longtime L.A. sportscaster [LATimes]
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