off by Whitsell! ... He's gonna go!! ... He's gonna go!!! ... Touchdown!!!! ... Hey-Hey!!!!!" May 12, 1970; Atlanta's Pat Jarvis pitches to "Mr. Cub", Ernie Banks... "Jarvis fires away ... That's a fly ball, deep to left, back, back ... That's It! Hey-Hey! He did it!! Ernie Banks got number 500!!! The ball tossed to the bullpen ... everybody on your feet ... this ... is it!!!! wheeeeeee!!!!!" Illness and death On February 27, 1998, Brickhouse fell ill and collapsed while preparing for the funeral of fellow Chicago broadcaster Harry Caray. Following brain surgery on March 3 to remove a blood clot, he quickly improved, making a few on-air appearances in the spring and early summer. Though burdened with a gravelly voice (which he attributed to the surgery and said would soon pass), Brickhouse seemed on the road to recovery until his death on August 6 from cardiac arrest. He was interred at the Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum in Chicago. Legacy Brickhouse was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1998. His godson Scott Simon followed him into broadcasting. References External links Jack Brickhouse Ford C. Frick Award biography at the National Baseball Hall of Fame Jack Brickhouse Memorial in Chicago 1916 births 1998 deaths United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II American television sports announcers Boxing commentators Burials at Rosehill Cemetery Chicago Bears announcers Chicago Bulls announcers Chicago Cubs announcers Chicago White Sox announcers College basketball announcers in the United States College football announcers Ford C. Frick Award recipients Major League Baseball broadcasters National Basketball Association broadcasters National Football League announcers New York Giants (NL) announcers Notre Dame Fighting Irish football announcers People from Peoria, Illinois People from Chicago Professional wrestling announcers United States Marines