Longtime Atlanta Braves broadcaster Skip Caray, 68, dies

ATLANTA - The Atlanta Braves say longtime broadcaster Skip Caray, the son of famous Cubs voice Harry Caray and father of third-generation baseball broadcaster Chip Caray, has died in his sleep. He was 68.

The team says Skip Caray died in his Atlanta home on Sunday. He had several ailments in the last year but had recovered enough to continue calling Braves home games at Turner Field.

"We've all lost a very good friend," Braves manager Bobby Cox said. "For me, he was a good buddy at the park and away from the park. We always had a lot of great laughs. He will be very sorely missed."

Caray was drawn into broadcasting by his father, honored by the National Baseball Hall of Fame with the Ford C. Frick Award.

Skip Caray was in the middle of his 33rd season with the Braves. The St. Louis native started in local radio and later joined his father at the University of Missouri calling football.

He joined the St. Louis Hawks NBA broadcasting team and followed them to Atlanta in 1968.