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Dick Enberg, 1935-2017

Then-Padres broadcaster Dick Enberg waves to fans during a pregame ceremony honoring the end of his sports broadcasting career at Petco Park in San Diego on Sept. 29, 2016.

Then-Padres broadcaster Dick Enberg waves to fans during a pregame ceremony honoring the end of his sports broadcasting career at Petco Park in San Diego on Sept. 29, 2016.

  (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)

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The legendary sportscaster, who got into the broadcast business accidentally and stayed in it to supplement his teacher’s salary, has died at 82.

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Dick Enberg, right, with Merlin Olsen at the Superdome in New Orleans for Super Bowl XX in 1986.

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Dick Enberg in the booth before the Padres’ final home baseball game of the season in 2016.

  (Lenny Ignelzi / Associated Press)

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Dick Enberg at his home in La Jolla in 2015.

  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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Dick Enberg with Magic Johnson before a Lakers-Chicago Bulls game in 1992.

  (Doug Pizac / AP)

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