Longtime Cards broadcaster Jack Buck has died

ST LOUIS - Longtime St. Louis Cardinals broadcaster Jack Buck has died in a St. Louis hospital at age 77. <br> <br> The Hall-of-Fame announcer had been hospitalized since January third due to complications from lung cancer and abdominal surgery. His son, Cards broadcaster Joe Buck, said last week that his father had drifted in and out of a coma several times in recent weeks. <br> <br> Buck had worked Cardinals games since 1954, and was the radio voice of Monday Night Football for 16 seasons. He also worked the famous ``Ice Bowl&#39;&#39; N-F-L title game in 1967 as well as the 1970 Super Bowl, three major league All-star games and two World Series. <br> <br> Buck was placed on dialysis last month after his kidneys failed during an operation aimed at ending a series of infections that had been recurring for several months. He also had brain surgery in April to help control the symptoms of his Parkinson&#39;s disease. <br> <br>

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