Games and the 1990 Little League World Series. He also reported sports for ABC's World News Tonight, Nightline, and 20/20. He left ABC around 2004, and retired from the network in 1993. Death Whitaker died on August 18, 2019, in Devon, Pennsylvania, during his sleep from natural causes. Honors Whitaker won three Emmy Awards for Outstanding Host or Commentator in 1979, for writing in 1990 and the Lifetime Achievement award in 2012. The Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia named Whitaker their Person of the Year in 1981 and inducted him into their Hall of Fame in 2003. References External links American Sportscasters Association bio of Whitaker Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia website 1924 births 2019 deaths American game show hosts American horse racing announcers American television reporters and correspondents American television sports announcers Association football commentators Boxing commentators College football announcers Figure skating commentators Golf writers and broadcasters Gymnastics broadcasters Major League Baseball broadcasters Military personnel from Philadelphia National Basketball Association broadcasters National Football League announcers New York Giants announcers North American Soccer League (1968–1984) commentators Olympic Games broadcasters Television personalities from Philadelphia Philadelphia Eagles announcers Saint Joseph's University alumni Sports Emmy Award winners Tennis commentators American male journalists United States Army personnel of World War II Sportswriters from Pennsylvania United States Army soldiers