• Cindy Ellen Russell / 2017

  Jim Leahy of the College of Hawaii Circle of Honor at Willows Restaurant.

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  Dennis Oda / 2003

  Over breakfast on the Massive Metropolis Diner, Jim Leahy and his son Kanoa speak about how they bought their begin in sports activities broadcasting.

Jim Leahy, an eloquent and ever-present voice who has been synonymous with Hawaiian sportscasting for practically 60 years, died this morning after a prolonged sickness, individuals near the household mentioned.

Leahey was recognized on tv and radio as a prolific play-by-play voice actor for College of Hawaii Sports activities. However he additionally hosted a number of radio and tv magazine-type reveals through the years. Most just lately, he hosted “Leahey and Leahey” along with his son Kanoa on Hawaii Public Tv.

He was well-known for his UH soccer, basketball, and baseball video games, however he additionally performed many different sports activities.

“I had a 12 months the place I used to be doing seven UH sports activities,” Leahey advised Honolulu Star-Advertiser in 2018.

Leahy was inducted into the College of Hawaii Sports activities Circle of Honor in 2016.

He retired in 2018. Leahey additionally labored on his solid in sports activities along with his father Chuck within the Sixties.

Kanoa Leahey is at present the lead TV sportscaster for many of UH’s sports activities.

“It was enjoyable working with Josh Pacheco and Scotty Robes, however I am 75 now and I do not need to take a place from somebody who’s working exhausting,” Leahy mentioned on the time.

Earlier than changing into a full-time sportscaster, I used to be a college instructor. He continued to show informally as mentor to generations of up-and-coming Hawaiian sports activities journalists.

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