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He was born. Our Info came from: http://www.biography.com/people/jim-mckay-259486#death
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As the title says. After that he got to be on their first TV station!
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He started in 1961 and went on for over 40 years. He was the anchor and talked about everying from skiiing to weight lifting!
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He proved to be a great journalist and broadcaster during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany. During that event, he and some atheletes were taken hostage by Palestinian terrorists who killed 2 other atheletes previously.
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Jim Mckay won these awards at the Munich, Olympic Games in Germany along with the prestigious George Polk Memorial Award.
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This award was for his talents as a writter for the ABC sports coverage of the 1987 Indianapolis 500, the british open and the Kentucky Derby. He was the only broadcaster to have won a Emmy for sports and news broadcasting and writing. He got 13 total.
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He got this award along with Olympic Order and was put into the broadcasting Hall of Fame after getting his Emmy in 1988.
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The award was for his work, Athletes and Addiction: It's Not a Game. Before this he got the peabody award.
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He ded.
