Lee Marshall (announcer)
Lee Marshall | |
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Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |
Died | April 26, 2014 Santa Monica, California, U.S. | (aged 64)
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Lee Marshall |
Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Debut | 1968 |
Retired | 2001 |
Lee Marshall (born Marshall Aaron Mayer; November 28, 1949 – April 26, 2014) was an American professional wrestling announcer formerly of the American Wrestling Association (AWA), World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Women of Wrestling (WOW!).[1][2]
Professional wrestling announcing
World Wrestling Federation
Marshall was briefly with the World Wrestling Federation as a ring announcer. He was the ring announcer for the Los Angeles portion of WrestleMania 2.
American Wrestling Association
Marshall joined the broadcast team when the AWA Championship Wrestling show was on ESPN.
World Championship Wrestling
He later joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW), where he was known as "Stagger Lee". Marshall was the co-host of WCW Thunder alongside Bobby Heenan and Tony Schiavone. He interviewed and announced alongside Mike Tenay and Scott Hudson on WCW Saturday Night as well. A staple of WCW Monday Nitro was his regular cracking of "Weasel" jokes directed at Heenan, which would conclude his road reports.
Marshall was also one of the announcers at the
Los Angeles
In 1986, Marshall was the ring announcer for the
Radio and commercials
Marshall was also a longtime radio announcer, working at such stations as
Other works
Marshall also did various voices on Larryboy: The Cartoon Adventures, including the narrator.
His bass voice is notable within announcing circles, holding the premiere position in that field, the voice of Tony the Tiger (succeeding Thurl Ravenscroft), a position for which Marshall was contracted until 2014.[7]
Death
Marshall died in Santa Monica on April 26, 2014, of esophageal cancer.[8][9][10] He was 64 years old.
Awards and accomplishments
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
- Worst Television Announcer(1998)
References
- ^ "Christy Hemme, Lee Marshall, Reality Star Trains To Wrestle", wrestlingepicenter.com; accessed April 28, 2014.
- ^ Chawkins, Lee (May 6, 2014). "Lee Marshall dies at 64; voice of Tony the Tiger". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
- YouTube; accessed April 28, 2014.
- YouTube, accessed April 28, 2014.
- ^ Putting the Rap on Gang Bangers : As KDAY's King News, Lee Marshall uses his on-air pulpit to bully gang members into changing their ways, articles.latimes.com, accessed May 1, 2014
- ^ "We're all the same gang". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19.
- ^ Profile, voice123.com; accessed April 28, 2014.
- ^ "Lee Marshall, Voice Of "Tony The Tiger" Dies Aged 64 In Santa Monica: - Santa Monica Mirror". 30 April 2014.
- ^ "Lee Marshall passes away".
- ^ "Lee Marshall Dies".