Ernie Harwell has cancer, incurable

Ernie Harwell has an incurable cancer. He, who spent 42 of his 55 years as a broadcaster calling Detroit Tigers games, has been diagnosed with it as, several media outlets reported Thursday.

The 91-year-old Harwell, who was in the Tigers’ broadcast booth from 1960 until he retired in 2002, remains upbeat after an inoperable tumor was found in the area of the bile duct.

Harwell tells the Detroit Free Press: “We don’t know how long this lasts. It could be a year, it could be much less than a year, much less than a half a year. Who knows? Whatever’s in store, I’m ready for a new adventure. That’s the way I look at it.”

Harwell was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981 and the Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame in 1989.

[Source: AP]