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|  Teiresias | Feb 27, 6:59am | Myron Cope, colorful sports broadcaster and reporter whose Terrible Towel remains the banner of the Steelers nation, has died.
In declining health since even before his 2005 retirement after a record 35 years of Steelers broadcasts, Mr. Cope died this morning of respiratory failure.
He was 79.
One of the last of the great sports characters, Mr. Cope's life and career were nothing less than book-worthy, even if he had to write it himself. Twice.
"Double Yoi" it was called both times, the second an updated version of the original 2002 volume, the title immortalizing one of Mr. Cope's signature exclamations, which, along with "Okle-dokle," "Dumbkopf!", and "How do?", became so familiar to his radio and TV audiences.
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Sponsor |  carouselle | Feb 27, 7:07am | | He will be sadly missed. He was such a Pittsburgh icon. RIP Mr. Cope. |
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| | Teiresias | Feb 27, 7:32am | | I should've linked this in my first post, but here's his Obit. |
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| | | Efesenjay | Feb 27, 8:31pm | | "the little fucker punched me, so I left him there." - the bear |
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Sponsor | | rieraci | Mar 2, 5:42pm | | Now Mike Lange is the only old school announcer left in the city. Ah well, mazel tov, Myron. Even the Yonkos will miss you. |
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