Former WWE ring announcer Howard Finkel died today/Wednesday April 16, and he is being remembered by all of those associated with professional wrestling as one of the best, if not the best, wrestling ring announcers of all time…And he was, he did an outstanding job, and he had the voice inflection to prove it…. Background on Howard Finkel from Wikipedia: Finkel died on April 16, 2020, at the age of 69. He had a stroke a year prior and was in bad health preceding his death. Many nice things being said about Howard Finkel today and here is one of…
Here is the statement from WWE/World Wrestling Entertainment on the death of their long-time ring announcer, Howard “The Fink” Finkle… WWE is saddened to learn that Howard Finkel has passed away at age 69. When considering the greatest ring announcers in the history of sports and sports-entertainment, you’d be hard-pressed to name one better than Howard Finkel. A native of Newark, NJ, “The Fink” — a label that had been attached affectionately to Howard over the years — made his ring announcing debut at Madison Square Garden in 1977 for WWE’s predecessor, WWWF. By 1979, Finkel was the full-time ring…