BOSTON (AP) — Andy Jick, the longtime Boston Celtics and Boston College public address announcer, has died. He was 66.
BC says Jick died in his sleep Friday.
Jick was the P.A. announcer for the Celtics at the old Boston Garden starting in 1980 and through three NBA championships. The team led by the original Big Three of Larry Bird, Robert Parish and Kevin McHale also made two unsuccessful trips to the finals.
For anyone who enjoyed the iconic run of the 1980s Celtics in the Boston Garden, Andy Jick’s voice provides the soundtrack to those memories. We join his loved ones in mourning his loss.
— Boston Celtics (@celtics) May 5, 2019
Jick went with the team for its first two seasons at the Garden before he was replaced in 1997. He announced men’s and women’s Boston College basketball games and other sports since 2001.
Wow so sad to hear of the passing of @Eagles_PA Andy Jick, the PA voice of the Celtics throughout the 80s. I can still do every word of his pregame intro... Then was amazing to go to recent BC games & hear echoes of those memories. RIP 😢🎤☘️
— Mike Zarren (@mikezarren) May 4, 2019
BC athletic director Martin Jarmond called it a “tremendously sad day for all of us.”
