What is Pete van Wieren?
[[File:Skip Caray and Pete van Wieren 1983.JPG|thumb|right|212px|[[Skip Caray]] and Pete van Wieren<br>acknowledging fans at a game in 1983.]] '''Pete van Wieren''' (October 7, 1944 &ndash; August 2, 2014) was a former [[Americans|American]] [[sportscaster]]. He was the voice of [[Major League Baseball]]'s [[Atlanta Braves]] along with [[Skip Caray]]. Van Wieren was born in [[Rochester, New York]]. He also called games for the [[Atlanta Hawks]], [[Atlanta Falcons]] preseason, and [[Atlanta Flames]]. Van Wieren also was employed for Turner Sports calling college football games on [[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]] and [[NBA]] games for TNT and TBS. He unexpectedly announced his retirement in 2008 after the death of fellow broadcaster Skip Caray. Early in 2010, Van Wieren was diagnosed with [[lymphoma]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Bowman|first=Mark|title=Cancer Resurfaces for Van Wieren|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101027&content_id=15858040&vkey=news_atl&c_id=atl|work=MLB.com|accessdate=27 October 2010}}</ref> Van Wieren died from the disease in [[Atlanta, Georgia]], aged 69.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pete Van Wieren, longtime Braves broadcaster, passes away|url=http://www.11alive.com/story/sports/mlb/atlanta-braves/2014/08/02/pete-van-wieren-longtime-braves-broadcaster-passes-away/13506345/|publisher=WXIA-TV|date=August 2, 2014|access-date=August 2, 2014|archive-date=August 2, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140802154517/http://www.11alive.com/story/sports/mlb/atlanta-braves/2014/08/02/pete-van-wieren-longtime-braves-broadcaster-passes-away/13506345/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wieren, Pete van}} [[Category:National Hockey League broadcasters]] [[Category:College football broadcasters]] [[Category:Major League Baseball broadcasters]] [[Category:National Basketball Association broadcasters]] [[Category:National Football League broadcasters]] [[Category:Deaths from lymphoma]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:1944 births]] [[Category:Peopl