As you move along, naturally more and more folks pass away that raise an eyebrow.

For fans of the Rocky movies, the sports announcer who gave the blow-by-blow between Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed has died. Stu Nahan was 81.

Being possessed of a certain memory often afflicting newspaper reporters, when I saw Nahan -- who worked for most of his career in Southern California -- pop up on the big screen in the first Rocky movie, I thought, "Hey, I know that guy!"   I recalled Nahan as "Captain Philadelphia," the host of a kids' program in the city where I grew up.  He also did announcing for a couple of pro teams in town, the Flyers and Eagles.

But mostly, Nahan was a California guy.  That's where he was born and he's been there for the last 40 years or so as a TV sports anchor, also doing radio.  He worked in a few films other than the Rocky movies -- Brian's Song and Fast Times at Ridgemont High.  And in the way that few will be, he'll be long memorialized.  In Nahan's case, he'll always be the voice describing filmdom's most epic prize fights.

Photo credit:  From Los Angeles Times Web article