Bob Uecker
American baseball player and broadcaster
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| January 16 2025 | Died in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, at the age of 90. |
| October 3 2024 | Broadcast his final game, which was Game 3 of the National League Wild Card Series between the Milwaukee Brewers and New York Mets. |
| 2023 | Diagnosed with small-cell lung cancer. |
| 2023 | Uecker was diagnosed with small-cell lung cancer. |
| 2022 | Began teaming with Jeff Levering and Lane Grindle to call Brewers home games on WTMJ and the Brewers Radio Network. |
| March 2022 | His daughter Leeann died of ALS. |
| 2021 | Signed his first official written contract with the Brewers to ensure health insurance coverage. |
| 2021 | Uecker made a guest voice appearance in the Disney+ series Monsters at Work, voicing a parody of himself named 'Bob Yucker'. |
| September 25 2021 | Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers declared Bob Uecker Day to honor his 50th year broadcasting Brewers games. Uecker threw out the first pitch using a pitching machine, and received custom 'Air Uecker' Nike sneakers from left fielder Christian Yelich. |
| 2015 | First wife Joyce passed away. |
| 2014 | Reduced his broadcasting workload, limiting the number of road games he would call due to health issues. |
| August 31 2012 | The Brewers erected the Uecker Monument outside American Family Field alongside statues of other baseball legends. |
| 2011 | Inducted into the Hall of Fame by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. |
| 2010 | Inducted into the Celebrity Wing of the WWE Hall of Fame, honored for his appearances at WrestleMania III and WrestleMania IV. |
| October 14 2010 | Brewers announced Uecker would undergo additional heart surgery to repair a tear at his previous valve replacement site. |
| July 23 2010 | Returned to broadcasting for the Brewers after heart surgery. |
| May 2010 | Successfully underwent aortic valve and aortic root replacement surgery. |
| April 27 2010 | Announced he would miss 10-12 weeks of the baseball season due to heart surgery. |
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