Dan Hicks, the longtime NBC Sports announcer whose voice accompanied some of the biggest moments in golf and Olympic history, died on November 11 following an acute illness. He was 64. His wife, ESPN anchor Hannah Storm, said in a statement that the family was heartbroken by what she called the sudden and unexpected passing of a devoted husband of more than 30 years and loving father to their three daughters.

In a statement, Storm described Hicks as truly one of a kind and the person everyone wanted to be around, saying he brought energy, laughter and people together and made everyone feel they mattered. NBC Sports chief Rick Cordella, along with executives Sam Flood and Molly Solomon, issued a joint statement calling him an extraordinary colleague, friend and person.S2S1

Hicks spent 34 years at NBC Sports after a three-year stint at CNN, joining the network in 1992 and becoming its lead golf play-by-play announcer in 2000. He was the signature voice of the network's golf coverage for the last 26 years. He also called play-by-play at 15 Olympic Games, including eight Summer Games as a swimming commentator and four consecutive Winter Games calling Alpine skiing, and his assignments included Notre Dame football, the NFL, NBA and French Open tennis.S2

Among his most memorable calls was Tiger Woods' dramatic putt to force a playoff at the 2008 U.S. Open, delivered with the line "Expect anything different?" Two months later he called all eight of Michael Phelps' gold medals at the Beijing Olympics, and across 2004 to 2016 he called each of Phelps' 28 Olympic medals. NBC's "Today" acknowledged his passing during its third hour.S2