Tenth anniversary of Jack Buck death
Date: 6/18/2012 Album ID: 1488092
Photos by Post-Dispatch staff photographers and Associated Press
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A retrospective photo gallery of Jack Buck, long-time St. Louis Cardinal baseball announcer. Mr. Buck died 10 years ago, on June 18, 2002.
(Wednesday, June 19, 2002)---Flowers and gifts adorn a bronze bust of late Cardinals announcer Jack Buck, who died Tuesday after a long illness.  The bust, dedicated at Busch Stadium in 1998, served as the sight of makeshift memorial as fans dropped off gifts and memories Wednesday.   (Teak Phillips/Post-Dispatch)
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(Wednesday, June 19, 2002)---Jeanne MacAinsh of Swansea, Ill. leads her sons Matthew, 5; Brendan, 3; and Jacob, 1; in a prayer for Jack Buck Wednesday in front of Busch Stadium. I wanted (my sons) to know that he was just a legend in St. Louis, MacAinsh said. I think it's important to pay respects to the Buck family.
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(Wednesday, June 19, 2002)---A weathered Cardinals hat scribbled with tributes lies among other gifts at a memorial for Jack Buck in front of Busch Stadium on Wednesday.  The legendary Cardinals announcer died Tuesday at the age of 77. (Teak Phillips/Post-Dispatch)
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Joe Buck, right and his sister Julie console mother Carole as they view the casket of their father, the late St. Louis Cardinals hall-of-fame broadcaster Jack Buck Thursday, June 20, 2002 at the memorial service at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.  Jack Buck died late Tuesday night after a long battle with a variety of infirmities.     (AP Photo/Tom Gannam)
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6/19/02  Wednesday
Jack Buck tribute before the game at Busch Stadium Wednesday evening. Joe Buck and Red Schoendienst stand quietly while taps is played during the tribute to Jack Buck.
PHOTO BY J.B. FORBES/ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH.
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20 June 2002 -- St. Louis firrefighter Greg Dixon pauses by the casket of Cardinals' broadcaster Jack Buck before taking his position as a member of the city's honor guard during the public viewing of the casket at Busch Stadium Thursday.
Photo by LAURIE SKRIVAN
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Thursday 20 June, 2002 -- Ned Cox, 85, gets to be near Jack Buck's casket during a public viewing session at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Mo.  FOR PAUL HAMPEL STORY
POST-DISPATCH PHOTO BY CHRIS LEE
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Thursday 20 June, 2002 -- Joe Buck listens to a musical tribute played at the end of the memorial service for Jack Buck before a game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Anaheim Angels at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Mo.
POST-DISPATCH PHOTO BY CHRIS LEE
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JUNE 20 2002- Mike Shannon warmly receives an introduction by Joe Buck before speaking at Jack Buck's legendary public memorial service Thursday afternoon at Busch Stadium. PHOTO BY LAURIE SKRIVAN/PD STAFF
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6/19/02  Wednesday
Jack Buck tribute before the game at Busch Stadium Wednesday evening. Joe Buck showed some emotion after the video tribute to his father was played on the big screen.
PHOTO BY J.B. FORBES
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JUNE 20 2002- Longtime friend and fellow broadcaster Jay Randolph pays his respect minutes before a public memorial service for legendary sportscaster Jack Buck Thursday afternoon at Busch Stadium. PHOTO BY LAURIE SKRIVAN/PD STAFF
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THURSDAY 20 JUNE 2002 - Stan Musial enters Busch Stadium for the memorial service of Cardinals broadcaster Jack Buck Thursday.

PHOTO BY ROBERT COHEN/PD
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THURSDAY (6/20/02)  Mourners wait their turn to pass by Jack Buck's coffin which is placed near home plate at Busch Stadium.  A memorial service at the stadium, at 12:30pm, is unprecedented in St. Louis.  Buck died Tuesday at age 77.  LARRY WILLIAMS / POST DISPATCH
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St. Louis Cardinals baseball fans file around Busch Stadium past the casket, behind home plate, containing the body of Hall of Fame broadcaster Jack Buck, Thursday, June 20, 2002. Buck died Tuesday, June 18, 2002, after having endured five operations including brain surgery and numerous infections during his five-month hospital stay. (AP Photo/James A. Finley)
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THURSDAY 20 JUNE 2002 - The headset worn by Jack Buck for the past seven years sits in the KMOX broadcast booth as fans line the warning track Thursday to pay their respects to the longtime Cardinals broadcaster during his memorial service in Busch Stadium.

PHOTO BY ROBERT COHEN/PD
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Thursday 20 June, 2002 -- Rodger Wilson of St. Louis throws a handful of dirt on the casket of Jack Buck during a public viewing session at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Mo.  Wilson was the first member of the public to see the casket and said he started waiting at 1 AM outside the stadium.
POST-DISPATCH PHOTO BY CHRIS LEE
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THURSDAY 20 JUNE 2002 - A Cardinal fan tips his cap to the hearse carrying the body of Jack Buck as it was removed from Busch Stadium following the memorial service Thursday.

PHOTO BY ROBERT COHEN/PD
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THURSDAY 20 JUNE 02 - The hearse carrying the remains of Jack Buck moves out of Busch Stadium following the memorial service Thursday for the Cardinals broadcaster.

PHOTO BY ROBERT COHEN/PD
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Thursday 20 June, 2002 -- Cardinals pitcher Darryl Kile warms up in the outfield as the hearse carrying Jack Buck's casket leaves the field before a game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Anaheim Angels at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Mo.
POST-DISPATCH PHOTO BY CHRIS LEE
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WED JUNE 19, 2002- Fans at Busch Stadium paid tribute to legendary St. Louis Cardinal broadcaster Jack Buck with a video tribute Wednesday before the game against the Anaheim Angels at Busch Stadium. PHOTO BY LAURIE SKRIVAN/PD STAFF
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