Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Mickey Garagiola Passes Away


Mickey Garagiola, the brother of baseball's Joe Garagiola who gained local fame on St. Louis TV as the ring announcer on the old "Wrestling at the Chase" show, has died.
His son, Bob Garagiola, confirmed that Mickey Garagiola died Sunday at Mary Queen and Mother Skilled Nursing Care in Shrewsbury. He was 88 and had cancer.
Mickey Garagiola was a waiter for 45 years at Ruggeri's, a restaurant on The Hill, an area where the Garagiola brothers grew up with baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra. "Wresting at the Chase" was a popular St. Louis-based program from 1959 to 1983.
Joe Garagiola was a catcher for the Cardinals and a longtime NBC baseball broadcaster.

AP

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