Ernie Harwell diagnosed with terminal cancer

Longtime Tiger broadcaster remains upbeat
UNDATED LEARN: More on Ernie's diagnosis.

The 91-year-old Harwell, who was in the Tigers' broadcast booth from 1960 until he retired in 2002, remains upbeat after an inoperable tumor was found in the area of the bile duct.

Harwell tells the Detroit Free Press: "We don't know how long this lasts. It could be a year, it could be much less than a year, much less than a half a year. Who knows? Whatever's in store, I'm ready for a new adventure. That's the way I look at it."

Harwell was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981 and the Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame in 1989.

Cards and well wishes for Ernie Harwell should directed to:

Ernie Harwell
c/o S. Gary Spicer Sr.
Attorney at Law
16845 Kercheval Ave.
,
Suite
5

Grosse Pointe
, MI 48230

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