Murray Walker: motorsports' lovable version of Vin Scully!

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Murray Walker: motorsports' lovable version of Vin Scully!

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I have a delightful biography to share!

So, if I can describe this man, it's basically the longevity and elegance of Vin Scully (1949 to 2001, then afterwards continuing part-time), with the unfiltered enthusiasm and malapropisms of San Diego's former broadcaster Jerry Coleman :D

This is motor racing's lovable hybrid version of Scully/Coleman, Murray Walker, who has been "The Ultimate Enthusiast" in racing broadcasting since the 1950s :smile:
No question, my idol and apparently a delightful man! He turns 96 years old this coming October.

Here was him, in his BBC biography, called "Life In The Fast Lane", aged 87, in 2011!
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Thanks for sharing, Reg! There's something about those legendary voices that we grow-up with - there's a flow of emotions that are hard to describe!
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Murray is still out there kickin', eh? Good for him! :occasion-balloons:
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1 week until Australian GP :angelic-green: :angelic-green: :angelic-green:
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