You’re Mr. College Football.’”Even after decades in the job, Mr. Jackson retained an old-fashioned, wide-eyed love for the college game. “He was a farmer and he was a whistler,” Mr. Jackson told The Los Angeles Times in 2013. Mr. Jackson returned to broadcasting college football and teamed with Bill Russell on N.B.A. Mr. Jackson is survived by his wife, Turi Ann; his children Melanie Ann, Lindsey and Christopher, and three grandchildren. Mr. Jackson shunned controversy in his college football broadcasts.

Source: New York Times January 13, 2018 18:11 UTC