Dan Hicks, NBC Sports’ longtime golf and Olympics play-by-play announcer, died at 64, the network and his family announced Nov. 12. Hicks had worked at NBC for more than three decades and became a familiar voice across golf, Olympic swimming and skiing, and Notre Dame football.

A career spanning golf and the Olympics

NBC Sports said Hicks joined the network in 1992 and became its lead golf voice in 2000. He called play-by-play at 15 Olympic Games, including eight in swimming and the last four in alpine skiing. He also called Notre Dame football, as well as NBA and NFL games and the French Open.

Hicks was in the booth for some widely remembered sports moments. At the 2008 U.S. Open, he called Tiger Woods’ playoff-forcing birdie putt at Torrey Pines. The Associated Press’ golf writer Doug Ferguson recalled that call and Hicks’ habit of sharing the broadcast with fellow commentators rather than making the booth about himself.

Family says Hicks died after an acute illness

Hicks’ wife, broadcaster Hannah Storm, said in a family statement that he died following an acute illness. No further medical details were included in the statements reviewed by NBC Sports and the AP. The family also remembered him as a devoted husband and father.

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Sources: Associated Press report on Hicks’ death; NBC Sports’ career retrospective and family statement; AP’s account of Hicks’ golf broadcasts and signature calls.