Longtime Kansas broadcaster Bob Davis dies at 80, one week after the passing of his wife of 53 years


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Longtime broadcaster Bob Davis, whose voice became synonymous with Jayhawks basketball and football and who spent many years calling games for the Kansas City Royals, died Thursday in his hometown of Lawrence, Kansas. He was 80. Davis died one week after his wife of 53 years, Linda, passed away. His family did not provide a cause of death Friday. Davis began calling games for Kansas in 1984 and, until his retirement in 2016, was behind the microphone for some of its greatest moments. That includes eight trips to the Final Four, two national championships, six bowl games in football and thousands of regular-season games.

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