Funeral Saturday for ex-Red Wings announcer Lynch

 
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WYANDOTTE, Mich. (AP) — A suburban Detroit church is site for the funeral of longtime Detroit Red Wings public address announcer Budd Lynch.

photo -   In a May 2002 photo Budd Lynch, the Detroit Red Wings' announcer, works a game in Detroit. The Detroit Red Wings said Tuesday Oct. 9, 2012, the team's longtime public address announcer Budd Lynch has died. He was 95. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press,J. Kyle Keener ) DETROIT NEWS OUT; NO SALES: MANDATORY CREDIT
In a May 2002 photo Budd Lynch, the Detroit Red Wings' announcer, works a game in Detroit. The Detroit Red Wings said Tuesday Oct. 9, 2012, the team's longtime public address announcer Budd Lynch has died. He was 95. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press,J. Kyle Keener ) DETROIT NEWS OUT; NO SALES: MANDATORY CREDIT

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He died Tuesday at age 95.

Red Wings spokesman Todd Beam says a funeral Mass is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Wyandotte.

Lynch served with the Essex Scottish Regiment during World War II and lost an arm in a rocket attack. He later joined the Wings as a broadcaster.

Lynch was public address announcer at Detroit's Joe Louis Arena for 25 years.





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