of taking a swim in the Atlantic Ocean as often as he could through the late fall and into the earliest days of spring, until his death. He was the father of the late Cleveland sports and newscaster Casey Coleman, who died in 2006 from pancreatic cancer. Coleman was inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame on May 18, 2000 at the age of 75. He died three years later, aged 78, in Plymouth, Massachusetts, from complications of bacterial meningitis. References External links Ken R. Coleman (1966-74) earns a special place in Red Sox Nation 1925 births 2003 deaths American radio sports announcers American television sports announcers Boston sportscasters Boston Red Sox announcers Cincinnati Reds announcers Cleveland Browns announcers Cleveland Indians announcers College baseball announcers in the United States College basketball announcers in the United States College football announcers Curry College alumni Major League Baseball broadcasters National Football League announcers New England Patriots announcers North Quincy High School alumni Ohio State Buckeyes football announcers People from Plymouth, Massachusetts Sports in Cleveland Sportspeople from Quincy, Massachusetts Television anchors from Boston Television anchors from Cleveland United States Army personnel of World War II