One of the most beloved voices in baseball and pop culture history has died. Bob Uecker was best known as radio play-by-play announceron Milwaukee Brewers baseball games since 1971, although that role eventually brought him to wider prominence inthe worlds of film and television.Sadly, the Brewers announced today that Uecker had passed away. He was 90 years old. A statement released by the Brewers said Uecker had been battling small cell lung cancer for the last few years.Uecker was still the radio broadcaster for the Brewersduring the 2024 season, in whichthe team wonthe National League Central division. Uecker was front and center during the celebration of the division-clinching victory.Prior to his broadcasting career, Uecker was a major leaguer himself.Mostly serving as a backup catcher, he was called up to the Brewers in 1962 and also played for the Cardinals (where he helped win the World Series in 1964), Phillies, and Braves in a six-season career.After his playingdays were over,Uecker rejoined the Brewers organization, this time as their radio broadcaster. He held that job from 1971 until his death. In the 1980s and 90s he also worked many nationally broadcast baseball games, includingseveral World Series. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003.In addition to Ueckers work behind the mic for the Brewers, he became a national celebrity and a fixture on television in the 1970s and 80s. He initially garnered wider fame through dozens of appearances on talk shows likeThe Tonight Show Johnny Carson was the one whopopularized Ueckers slightlysarcastic nickname Mr. Baseball and then in a series of popular Miller Lite ads.Ueckers most famous role these daysmight be his work aswisecracking Cleveland play-by-play man Harry Doyle in the trilogy ofMajor League films. Ueckers exasperated calls of the hapless teamsblunders became famous baseball quotes like Juuuusta bit outside, duringa particularly poor pitch from Charlie Sheens Ricky Vaughn.Uecker also spent six seasons as the good-natured patriarch on the ABC sitcomMr. Belvedere. He played George, the head of a Pittsburgh family that has an English butler (played by Christopher Hewett).Ueckers affable, self-deprecating persona made him a great talk show guest and beer pitchman, but he was also a legitimately great broadcaster and storyteller. In recent years, you could listen to his calls of Brewers games on the MLB app,and they were so entertaining even if you didntcare about whether the Brewers won or lost. He will be missed, but some of his legendary calls (both in real gamesandin fictional ones) will live on forever.Get our free mobile app80s Movies That Could Never Be Made TodayFiled Under: Major League, RIPCategories: R.I.P., TV News