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|name=Gary Glusscock DeLaune<br> | |name=Gary Glusscock DeLaune<br> | ||
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(Texas television and<br> radio broadcaster) | (Texas television and<br> radio broadcaster) | ||
|image=Gary DeLaune of TX.jpg | |image=Gary DeLaune of TX.jpg | ||
|birth_date=June 20, 1933 | |birth_date=June 20, 1933 | ||
| − | |birth_place=[[Oklahoma]] | + | |birth_place=[[Oklahoma]], location unavailable |
|death_date=February 6, 2002 (aged 88) | |death_date=February 6, 2002 (aged 88) | ||
|death_place=[[San Antonio]], [[Texas]] | |death_place=[[San Antonio]], [[Texas]] | ||
'''Resting place''':<br> | '''Resting place''':<br> | ||
Mission Burial Park North in San Antonio | Mission Burial Park North in San Antonio | ||
| − | |religion= | + | |religion=Nondenominational [[Christian]]: Oak Hills Church |
|spouse=Jo Fern Taylor DeLaune (died 2017)<br> | |spouse=Jo Fern Taylor DeLaune (died 2017)<br> | ||
'''Children''':<br> | '''Children''':<br> | ||
Revision as of 17:55, February 17, 2022
{{Infobox person
|name=Gary Glusscock DeLaune
(Texas television and
radio broadcaster)
|image=Gary DeLaune of TX.jpg
|birth_date=June 20, 1933
|birth_place=Oklahoma, location unavailable
|death_date=February 6, 2002 (aged 88)
|death_place=San Antonio, Texas
Resting place:
Mission Burial Park North in San Antonio
|religion=Nondenominational Christian: Oak Hills Church
|spouse=Jo Fern Taylor DeLaune (died 2017)
Children:
Andrea DeLaune-Holley
Shannon DeLaune
Four grandchildren
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican][1]}}
Gary Glusscock DeLaune (June 20, 1933 – February 6, 2022) [1] was an Oklahoma-born broadcast journalist who covered news, feature stories, and sports, He is the first broadcaster to report the assassinations of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and two days later observed the assassination of Kennedy's assain Lee Harvey Oswald, while working at KLIF Radio in Dallas.[2]
For twenty-eight years from 1971 until his retirement in 1999, he worked for the CBS television station in San Antonio. At various times, he broadcast games for the San Antonio Spurs, the University of Texas at San Antonio Roadrunners, and University of Incarnate Word Cardinals.[3]
Known for wearing colorful and sometimes gaudy sports coats, DeLaune also spent six decades calling high school football on the radio. He called games on television after his retirement.
“He was just beloved here," said longtime friend Richard Oliver, a former sports editor at The San Antonio Express-News who called games alongside DeLaune. “He was just one of those faces that everyone recognized as being part of the San Antonio landscape for all of those years.”
Colleague Deborah Knapp said that DeLaune loved telling the stories of everday people and did so in unusual ways. Along with Ricci Ware and Bruce Hathaway, DeLaune was a mainstay of 20th century radio and television broadcasters in San Antonio.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gary Delaune, 88 - San Antonio | Free Public Reputation Profile (mylife.com), accessed February 17, 2022.
- ↑ San Antonio radio reporter Gary DeLaune witnessed Oswald killing (ksat.com), accessed February 17, 2022.
- ↑ 'He loved everyone he met' | Iconic KENS 5 journalist Gary DeLaune passes away (msn.com)|, accessed February 17, 2-22.