Lorn Brown was a sports broadcaster

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 who worked for baseball

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's AAA Iowa Oaks 1973-1974 (St. Louis Cardinals September 1974 fill-in), Chicago White Sox

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 (1976–1979, 1983–1988), Milwaukee Brewers

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 (1980–1981), and New York Mets

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 (1982), among other jobs. He once said that he changed the spelling of his first name from Lorne to Lorn because he didn't want to be confused with the actor Lorne Greene.

Brown's career included working alongside such baseball broadcasters as Harry Caray

Harry Caray

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, Bob Uecker

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, and Bob Murphy

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, each a recipient of the prestigious Ford C. Frick Award

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, the highest honor in the field. While a member of the Mets' TV broadcast team (WOR Channel 9), many Mets fans referred to him as "The Professor" because of his appearance; beside his greying beard and glasses, he would often choose to wear a vest or a Tweed Jacket on air. He would go on to be replaced in the Mets booth by Tim McCarver

Tim McCarver

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.

Brown's basketball work included Bradley U., Drake U, Big 10, ACC, Missouri Valley, Notre Dame and Metro Conf. TV networks as well as TV announcer for the Chicago Bulls 1974-1978. Brown is a member of the Illinois Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame.

Brown also turned his voice toward work in the commercial voice-over field, narrating commercials for Budweiser

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 beer, Ace Hardware

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, and the National Football League

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, among others. He was represented by Grossman & Jack Talent, Inc.

Brown died from apparent heart failure on June 24, 2010 at the age of 71.