{"id":12094,"date":"2018-04-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/legendary-channel-9-sports-commentator-has-died\/"},"modified":"2018-04-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T00:00:00","slug":"legendary-channel-9-sports-commentator-has-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/legendary-channel-9-sports-commentator-has-died\/","title":{"rendered":"Legendary Channel 9 Sports Commentator Has Died"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Renowned sports broadcaster Darrell Eastlake has died at the age of 75.<\/h3>\n<p>Eastlake was a former Wide World of Sports commentator who called rugby league, motorsport and the Commonwealth Games.<\/p>\n<p>He had been battling Alzheimer\u2019s and emphysema for the past eight years.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a>: In some very sad news this morning, legendary sports announcer Darrell Eastlake has died age 75. The former Wide World of Sports star who worked in TV and radio for over four decades was known for his trademark booming voice and larger than life personality. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/9Today?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#9Today<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E08KwoWlgI\">pic.twitter.com\/E08KwoWlgI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Today Show (@TheTodayShow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheTodayShow\/status\/986727021777580032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>&#13;\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renowned sports broadcaster Darrell Eastlake has died at the age of 75. Eastlake was a former Wide World of Sports commentator who called rugby league, motorsport and the Commonwealth Games. He had been battling Alzheimer\u2019s and emphysema for the past eight years. 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