Former Giants radio announcer Bill Thompson dies at 79Monday, May 19, 2003 By The Associated Press
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- Bill Thompson, one of the
beloved radio announcers for the San Francisco Giants, has died. He was
79. Thompson died Saturday because of complications
from a recent operation, the team said Sunday. Thompson called Giants
games from 1965-75, working alongside Lon Simmons and Russ
Hodges. ''Bill Thompson was a guy who was very much in the
middle of the organization,'' Giants vice president Larry Baer said. ''He
was very much a part of the personality of the Giants. He's a guy who all
of us who grew up with the Giants remember vividly. He loved the
Giants.'' Though Thompson's health had been ''up and down''
in recent years, according to Baer, he appeared healthy and happy while on
a cruise with other members of the organization during the
offseason. No funeral is planned for Thompson, but a memorial
service is in the works, the team said. |