Keith Jackson (1928-2018)

Though the voice for college football fans across the country, Keith Jackson’s heart never left Pullman. Jackson, the down-home voice of college football during more than five decades as a broadcaster, died Friday, Jan. 12, 2018. He was 89.

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Sat., Jan. 13, 2018

Legendary sports caster Keith Jackson was all smiles after he raised the WSU flag before the the first half of a college football game against Portland State on Saturday, Sep 13, 2014 at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Wash.

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Legendary sports caster Keith Jackson enters Martin Stadium to raise the WSU flag before the the first half of a college football game against Portland State on Saturday, Sep 13, 2014 at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Wash.

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In this Jan. 25, 2014, file photo, Keith Jackson arrives at 66th Annual DGA Awards Dinner at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. Jackson, the down-home voice of college football during more than five decades as a broadcaster, died Friday, Jan. 12, 2018. He was 89.

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In this Sept. 11, 1999 file photo, ABC television sports commentator Keith Jackson reads through a checklist prior to the Nebraska-California football game in Lincoln, Neb. Jackson came out of retirement to give the play-by-play for the PAC 10 colleges over the next three years.

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In this 1996 file photo, noted sports broadcaster and organizer of the 1996 Murrow Symposium at WSU Keith Jackson speaks with the press. Jackson brought Dennis Swanson the President of ABC Sports, Bill Battle of Collegiate Licensing and Donald Canham formerly AD of Michigan to Pullman for the event.

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In this 1993 file photo, Keith Jackson (right) and Bob Griese (left) will call the plays with Jack Arute reporting from the sidelines of Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida.

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