WebThat same day, Bob Blackburn, the DJ who Elvis met in Portland in 1957, died of pneumonia at the age of 85 in Issaquah, Washington. Many obituaries on the Internet focused on Bob’s 20 years as the play-by-play broadcaster for the Seattle Sonics in the NBA from 1967-1987. The obscure encounter with Elvis in 1957 went unmentioned in the … WebIn the 1987–88 season, Calabro came on board with the SuperSonics alongside the SuperSonics original play-by-play announcer Bob Blackburn. He became the team's sole play-by-play announcer in 1992, following the retirement of Blackburn. Calabro reaching a milestone 1,500 games in 2006.

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WebJan 9, 2010 · SEATTLE — Bob Blackburn, the Seattle SuperSonics' first broadcaster and for 20 years the lone voice of Sonics history, died Friday after a lengthy illness, his wife … WebJan 9, 2010 · Blackburn was born Oct. 14, 1924, in the Los Angeles area and raised in Fullerton. He was working in Fresno, Calif., when he was hired in 1950 by a Portland advertising agency to do Pacific Coast ... WebOn June 1, 1979, the Seattle Supersonics won their first and only NBA Championship. A year earlier, the Sonics lost Game 7 of the NBA Finals at the Seattle Center Coliseum. They returned to the ... linley hamper