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Currently, Jim McKay is 102 years, 7 months and 9 days old. Jim McKay will celebrate 103rd birthday on a Tuesday 24th of September 2024. Below we countdown to Jim McKay upcoming birthday.
Popular As | Jim McKay |
Occupation | Sportscaster |
Age | 102 years old |
Zodiac Sign | Libra |
Born | September 24, 1921 (Philadelphia, PA) |
Birthday | September 24 |
Town/City | Philadelphia, PA |
Nationality | PA |
Jim McKay’s zodiac sign is Libra. According to astrologers, People born under the sign of Libra are peaceful, fair, and they hate being alone. Partnership is very important for them, as their mirror and someone giving them the ability to be the mirror themselves. These individuals are fascinated by balance and symmetry, they are in a constant chase for justice and equality, realizing through life that the only thing that should be truly important to themselves in their own inner core of personality. This is someone ready to do nearly anything to avoid conflict, keeping the peace whenever possible
Jim McKay was born in the Year of the Rooster. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rooster are practical, resourceful, observant, analytical, straightforward, trusting, honest, perfectionists, neat and conservative. Compatible with Ox or Snake.
Emmy Award-winning sportscaster of ABC's Wide World of Sports. He also won a Peabody Award and a Sports Lifetime Achievement Award for his work.
He served in the United States Navy during World War II.
He covered such major sporting events as the British Open, the Indianapolis 500, and the Kentucky Derby.
He married Margaret Dempsey in 1948.
Walter Cronkite praised him for his coverage of the 1972 Summer Olympics massacre in Munich.