Don Pardo, voice of 'Saturday Night Live,' dead at 96
CNN) -- Don Pardo, the announcer whose velvety baritone voice introduced "Saturday Night Live" hosts on NBC for decades, has died at age 96, the network announced.
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While visiting NBC in New York in 1944 -- there to see some of his heroes at work -- Pardo was offered a job with the network, according to The New York Times. He stayed for the next seven decades.
He became a familiar voice to generations of radio listeners and, later, TV watchers. Indeed, he was the NBC staff announcer on November 22, 1963, when President John F. Kennedy was shot.
"He was among the first to tell the nation about the assassination attempt on President John F. Kennedy," according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Condolences to his family.