What is Howard Cosell?
[[File:Howard cosell 1975.JPG|thumb|right|180px|Cosell in September 1975]] '''Howard William Cosell''' (March 25, 1918 &ndash; April 23, 1995) was an [[Americans|American]] [[sportscaster|sports journalist]], [[movie]] and [[television]] [[actor]], and [[writer]]. He was known for his sports announcing and for his roles in ''Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell'', ''[[Bananas (1971 movie)|Bananas]]'', ''[[Fol-de-Rol]]'', and in ''[[Sleeper (1973 movie)|Sleeper]]''. Cosell was born on March 25, 1918 in [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]]. He studied at [[New York University]] and at [[New York University School of Law]]. Cosell was married to Mary Edith Abrams from 1944 until her death in 1990. Cosell and Abrams had two children. Cosell died on April 23, 1995 in [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] from heart failure, aged 77.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/memories/1995/95pass12.htm Howard Cosell Dies at 77]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{wikiquote}} *{{imdb name|0181763}} *[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7960 Howard Cosell] at [[Find A Grave]] *[http://howardcosell.co/ The Official Howard Cosell Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525072025/http://www.howardcosell.co/ |date=2013-05-25 }} {{US-actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cosell, Howard}} [[Category:1918 births]] [[Category:1995 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from heart failure]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:Actors from North Carolina]] [[Category:Journalists from North Carolina]] [[Category:People from Winston-Salem, North Carolina]]