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All of Pittsburgh's traditional sports voices have passed. Growing up in Central PA, where the revolution was not usually televised, Cope and Lange on the radio were huge parts of my fandom. Those unique voices made Pittsburgh sports easy to love.

Thanks for all the calls, and all the great memories, Langer. Hasn't been, and won't be the same without you.

I listened to hours and hours of the Pens on my little AM radio as I drifted off to sleep. RIP Mike.

Just saw the news. RIP, Mike.

As has been stated, now all of our legendary broadcasters have passed (The Gunner, Myron, and now Mike). God bless his family and loved ones.

Legend in the truest sense.

Pregame at the next home game should be pretty epic.

I met him at South Hills Village once and he spent 15 minutes out of his busy day just to chat with me.

He was the nicest man...so many public figures out on airs or are total jerks.

I think he was flattered to be recognized (this was just after Lemiuex arrived, but the Penguins still sucked so I'm not sure how many people would recognize the Pens' announcer in a shopping mall) but regardless, to just stand there and chat when in sure he had other things to do...

RIP Langer. Say hi to Elvis for us.

I've shared this story before, but when the Pens were playing in SCF vs Minnesota, even though the clinching game was a blowout, I spent the entire intermission between 2nd and 3rd period building an antenna wire extension, hanging off the balcony of our apartment in Connecticut, in an attempt to get KDKA tuned in well enough to hear Mike Lange call the championship-clinching moment. I couldn't imagine enjoying a Pens Stanley Cup without sharing it with one of the best people that ever came into my life over the airwaves. I managed to... just barely... hear a static-y Langer say the words Stanley Cup Champions. Unforgettable, pre-internet moment.

I've said before that one of the things I missed most about Pittsburgh after moving away was getting to hear Mike Lange on the regular.

RIP Elvis

He was a treasure. If you grew up in the Pittsburgh area in the 80’s or 90’s you probably played a fair amount of street hockey and you most certainly celebrated your goals with a Mike Lange trademark. Other than Mario nobody was more important for raising the profile of hockey in Western PA than Mike Lange.

The greatest. My childhood and obsession with hockey was narrated by Langer. Rest easy.

Another Pittsburgh broadcaster passed, Jon Burnett.

News said CTE of all things.

Same here. When I became a fan (late 1970s) there weren’t a whole lot of games on TV. I remember good times sitting in my room listening to the Pens battling on KDKA 1020 AM with Mike Lange painting poems of the action on the ice. I could even sometimes pick up KDKA when the weather was right in college in NJ. Was a HUGE part of becoming a Pens fan in the City of Champions. Thanks for all the amazing memories and rest in peace, Mike.