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Howard Cosell: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Howard William Cohen
Born March 25, 1918 • Winston-Salem • North Carolina
Died April 23, 1995 (aged 77) • New York City • New York

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Howard Cosell smiles in a black-and-white studio portrait, wearing a light-colored suit jacket, dress shirt, and paisley tie.
Don Meredith, Howard Cosell, and Frank Gifford sit together in ABC blazers, with Cosell holding a microphone, as Monday Night Football announcers around 1971.
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