Myron Cope
Myron Cope was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States on January 23rd, 1929 and is the Sportscaster. At the age of 79, Myron Cope biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Myron Sidney Kopelman (January 23, 1929 – February 27, 2008), also known as Myron Cope, was an American sports journalist, radio presenter, and sportscaster.
He is best known for his role as "the voice of the Pittsburgh Steelers." Cope served as a color commentator for the Steelers' radio broadcasts for 35 years.
He was known for his distinctive, nasally voice, idiosyncratic speech style, and a degree of apprehension rarely seen in the broadcast booth.
"yoi" was Cope's most common catch phrase.
Cope was the first football announcer to be inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame.
Double Yoi! Cope's autobiography was released in 2002.
Family life
In 1965, Cope married Mildred Lindberg of Charleston, and the couple later moved to Mt. Lebanon is a republic in Lebanon. The Cops migrated to Upper St. Clair in 1972. Mildred died on September 20, 1994. Cope returned to Mt. in 1999. In the Woodridge neighborhood, Lebanon is relocated to a condo. He remained there until his final days as he entered a Mt. Lebanon's nursing home.
Elizabeth, Martha Ann, and Daniel were three children of the Cope family. Martha Ann died shortly after her birth. Daniel, his son, was born with severe autism; he spent the majority of his life at Allegheny Valley School, an institution that specializes in intellectual developmental disabilities. Cope devoted a significant portion of his time and resources to Pittsburgh causes addressing autism, and he spoke openly about his experiences as the parent of a child with autism and his efforts to better inform the public about autism.
Education and career
Cope, who was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Jewish parents of Lithuanian descent, was born in 1947 and was accepted into their alumni hall of fame in 2009. He has also graduated from the University of Pittsburgh. He began as a journalist before he became a broadcaster. He started working with the Daily News in Erie, Pennsylvania, and by the summer of 1951, he was working for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Cope moved to become a freelance journalist, most notable for Sports Illustrated, the Saturday Evening Post, and the Pittsburgh Public Gazette. Cope was awarded the E.P. in 1963. Cassius Clay's portrayal received the Dutton Prize for "Best Magazine Sportswriting in the United States." Cope spent 1983 as a Pittsburgh Panthers color analyst. Hearst Corporation named him as a leading literary achiever in 1987, alongside Mark Twain, Jack London, Frederic Remington, Walter Winchell, and Sidney Sheldon. Sports Illustrated selected Howard Cosell's biography as one of the 50 best written works ever published in the magazine, honoring his 50th anniversary.