John F. MacLean (March 9, 1921 in

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– September 13, 1973 in

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) was a

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announcer for the

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from 1956 to 1960, Washington Senators from 1961 to 1968 and the

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in 1972. He left the Red Sox radio broadcast crew in June 1972 due to illness. He died on September 13, 1973, following open-heart surgery.

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