The Voice of the Phillies Harry Kalas Dies Suddenly at 73
Longtime Philadelphia Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas, 73, was hospitalized on Monday afternoon in Washington, DC. He was rushed by ambulance to George Washington University Hospital.
Phillies’ president David Montgomery says Kalas passed out in the broadcast booth about 12:30pm, just a couple of hours before Monday’s scheduled 3pm game against the Nationals.
Although Kalas’ condition was not initially known, Montgomery said he thinks “it’s serious.”
The Phillies immediately closed the visitors’ clubhouse at Nationals Park.
Kalas has been the broadcast voice of the Phillies since 1971. He replaced Bill Campbell, who told KYW Newsradio on Monday afternoon that Kalas had been having “leg circulation problems” since before the beginning of the baseball pre-season, and had undergone some kind of heart procedure recently to address those problems.
