R.I.P. "...and double yoi!"

[Scott Reppert]

His high-pitched screech was the most unlikely to serve as the voice of Steeler Nation.

Yet for more than three decades, Pittsburgh's football faithful muted their televisions and turned up the radio to hear the beloved icon known simply as Myron.

Hall of Fame Steelers broadcaster Myron Cope died this morning at a nursing home in Mt. Lebanon, said Joe Gordon, a former Steelers executive and a longtime friend of Cope's. Cope had been treated for respiratory problems and heart failure in recent months, Gordon said.

He was 79.


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[Dr. Whiplash]

Like most radio people, I suspect, I was appalled the first time I heard "Marn" on the air, deploying the Kope-riscope and speaking in tongues during key interceptions. But well before he stepped down a couple years ago I'd joined the legions.

At a Stillers affiliate where I worked (not Wheeling!) we used to call him the "anti-announcer." He did everything wrong, with the exception of connecting with his audience.

The reaction in Burgh media to Myron's passing? "That might be even be a triple yoi!"

[Bob Campbell]

Damn. Myron was a total original. I still keep a "Terrible Towel" in the den.