Keith Jackson, whose signature phrases like `Whoa, Nelly!` made him the down-home voice of college football during more than five decades as a sportscaster, has died. He was 89. Jackson died Friday, according to a statement Saturday by ESPN, which consolidated with ABC Sports, Jackson`s longtime employer. No cause or place of death was given. Jackson was a longtime resident of Sherman Oaks, California, and Pender Harbor, British Columbia. Jackson covered many sports, but he was best known for college football. A native of rural west Georgia, his smooth baritone voice and use of phrases like `big uglies`...
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