Early life Born in
Chicago,
Illinois, and raised by his aunt and uncle, Martha Gorrell Flemming and George A. Flemming, and moved to
Ann Arbor, Michigan, by the time he entered high school. While at Ann Arbor High School, he was a member of their state championship
football team in 1943. and later appeared on
NBC's
Today Show before joining ABC's
Wide World of Sports in 1961. He was the original voice of the
Detroit Pistons, calling their radio broadcasts from 1957 (their first season in Detroit) to 1962. While with ABC, Flemming covered over 600 events for the program, including
college football,
golf and
cliff-diving.
chess,
auto racing and the
Olympic Games. While at NBC, Flemming also called the
US Open golf tournament in 1957.
Personal life Flemming married the former Barbara Forster. Their marriage produced two children, and they had two grandchildren. Living in
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Flemming was a pilot with over 6,000 hours logged. From 1998 until his 2007 death, Flemming split his time between his homes in
Good Hart, Michigan, and
Marco Island, Florida.
Death Flemming died of
prostate cancer on July 20, 2007, in
Petoskey, Michigan. A memorial service was held on August 10 in
Harbor Springs. ==References==