Philadelphia Sportscaster Bill Campbell Laid To Rest
By Mike DeNardo
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Philadelphia's sports community came together today to say farewell to legendary broadcaster Bill Campbell, who died last week at age 91.
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Friends, family, sports dignitaries, and average fans gathered to remember the life of Bill Campbell, the longtime voice of Philadelphia sports. His work doing Eagles', Sixers', and Phillies' games over seven decades inspired generations of broadcasters, including Eagles' play-by-play man Merrill Reese.
"I grew up listening to Bill Campbell -- I was the one who turned down the sound on the TV and put up the radio to hear Bill Campbell do the Eagles," Reese told KYW Newsradio.
Among those paying their respects was Phillies' president David Montgomery and former Eagles' GM Jim Murray.
Campbell's daughter Christine delivered the eulogy from the same lectern at Christ the King Church where her dad sometimes read at mass.
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"My daughter told me on Wednesday morning that Pop-Pop had a hashtag," she told the attendees today. "Dad would not know what a hashtag was, but he'd know it was cool," she added, smiling.
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