Longtime NBC Sports announcer Dan Hicks dies at 64

Sportscaster Dan Hicks, who was the voice of golf , Olympic swimming and Notre Dame football during a 35-year career at NBC Sports, has died, his family and NBC announced Thursday. He was 64. Hicks died late Wednesday in Connecticut. He died of an acute illness, according to his wife, Hannah Storm. He had been scheduled to call Notre Dame's game Saturday . kAm“~FC 72>:=J :D 962CE3C@<6? 3J E96 DF556? 2?5 F?6IA64E65 A2DD:?8 @7 s2?[” $E@C> D2:5 :? 2 DE2E6>6?E] “w6 H2D 2 56G@E65 9FD32?5 @7 @G6C b_ J62CD[ =@G:?8 72E96C E@ @FC E9C66 52F89E6CD[ 2?5 496C:D965 7C:6?5 E@ D@ >2?J] w:D =@DD :D :>>62DFC23=6]k^Am kAm“s2? 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