Broadcasting legend Dick Enberg dies at 82

Legendary sports broadcaster Dick Enberg died Thursday at his San Diego home, his daughter confirmed to The Associated Press.

He was 82.

Enberg's decades-long broadcasting career spanned a wide variety of illustrious sporting events, including the Super Bowl, Olympics, Wimbledon, the Rose Bowl, U.S. Open golf, NCAA basketball championships, and the Breeders' Cup, as well as NBA and MLB telecasts.

Enberg, whose most famous years were spent on NBC, also served as a former play-by-play voice of the UCLA Bruins and the California Angels. From 2010 up until his retirement in 2016, he was the play-by-play voice of the San Diego Padres.

"We are immensely saddened by the sudden and unexpected passing of legendary broadcaster Dick Enberg," Padres executive chairman Ron Fowler and managing partner Peter Seidler said in a statement. "Dick was an institution in the industry for 60 years and we were lucky enough to have his iconic voice behind the microphone for Padres games for nearly a decade. On behalf of our entire organization, we send our deepest condolences to his wife, Barbara, and the entire Enberg family."

Enberg's work earned him recognition from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (Gowdy Award), the Pro Football Hall of Fame (Rozelle Award), and the National Baseball Hall of Fame (Ford C. Frick Award).

His wife, Barbara, told the San Diego Union-Tribune that Enberg was supposed to board a flight to Boston on Thursday, where they were to meet, and that the family believes he died of a heart attack.