RIP Gil Santos

[Gator Mike]

Very sad. When he was in his prime, there were none better, IMO.

 

[Onedaful]

Very sad. Rest in peace. He was an absolute legend and a total class act.

 

[Gator Mike]

http://www.patriots.com/sites/patriots.com/files/_audio/adam_vinatieri_gw_sb_36_kick.mp3

 

[Joker]

what?...is this true?

 

[maust]

RIP Gil Santos, THE voice of Boston sports in my youth and the true voice of Patriots Nation. Loved that man, he and Gino both legends. Gil Santos, Bob Wilson, Curt Gowdy/Ned Martin, Johnny Most...man we had some incredible play by play guys in Boston for a lot of years.

 

[jboston19]

What a shame. He passed on his birthday, even. RIP.

 

[PatsWSB47]

Best NFL play by play guy ever

 

[XLIX]

Very sad news.

So many wonderful memories narrated/announced by Gil. The man's voice was silk.

 

[AQPE]

God bless his memory and sincerest condolences to his family and friends.

We loved him as the Pats play by play man because he was one of us, a fan of the team like us, knowledgeable but humble and understated. He didn’t need some phony act to convince us he knew his stuff.

The Super Bowl call, which I just heard again for the millionth time, gives me chills every time because his emotions matched mine: absolute elation mixed with disbelief. Disbelief that this team that had always found the weirdest ways to fail, and seemed to be finding a new one that night. And then Brady, J.R. Redmond, Troy Brown, Wiggy, and Adam V. happened.

All of a sudden it’s very dusty where I am ...

 

[Urgent]

Great memories narrated by Gil. What a wonderful life he had.
Off to the next adventure.

 

[50-yard-line]

RIP to the great Gil Santos.

 

[pazrul72]

RIP Gil, that winning Super Bowl call gives me absolute goosebumps every time I hear it. And the kick is....good!!! It’s good!!! The patriots are champions, the patriots are Super Bowl champions. Sad day losing a New England legend.

 

[IcyPatriot]

RIP Gil ... you brought joy to many.

 

[signbabybrady]

His voice usually gives me goosebumps when I hear it.

 

[Joey007]

My brain could not comprehend reading the thread title. Wow..

THE voice of the Patriots. So many great memories of him calling games.

RIP Gil. Thanks for the memories.

 

[Jackson 2]

On BST earlier this evening, one of the guests said that right after his call at the end of SB XXXVI Gil was crying with joy. Must have been a great moment.

 

[PatsGuy]

CLASS personified. RIP

 

[patsfan13]

Condolences to his family. RIP Gil, voice of the Patriots.

 

[Actual Pats Fan]

what?...is this true?

I'm sorry, man

 

[Ian]

This one is tough. I listened to a lot of games in high school and during Bledsoe's rise, there were some incredible moments and his ability to make you see what was happening on the field with his voice was just amazing. Those broadcasts certainly played a part in inspiring me to even do this to begin with, and I can honestly say that the site might not have come to be had it not been for the emotions and excitement I felt during many of those calls. Needless to say, tonight is definitely a gut punch