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Keith Max Jackson (October 18, 1928 – January 13, 2018) was a retired American sportscaster, known for his career with ABC Sports (1966–2006), his intelligent yet folksy coverage of college football (1952–2006), and his distinctive voice, with its deep cadence and operatic tone considered "like Edward R. Murrow reporting on World War II, the voice of ultimate authority in college football."

College football and its millions of fans caught a lucky break in 1966 when ABC Sports, after a careful search, decided Keith Jackson was the right man to be the play-by-play announcer for the Network's coverage of the collegiate game.

It was a marriage made at the 50-yard line. Rarely, if ever in the broadcast industry, has an announcer been so closely identified with the sport he covers.

For more than three decades Jackson has been college football's most eloquent spokesman, a role to which he has brought dignity, integrity and clarity.

Keith Jackson, who was widely regarded as the voice of college football by several generations, died late Friday night, his family said. He was 89.
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