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Parkinson's Disease Cure? [FOX: 6-01-2011]

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Wednesday June 1 2011 4:00 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_King
Nelson Joseph 'Nellie' King (March 15, 1928 -- August 11, 2010) was an American professional baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, and later a member of the Pirates' radio announcing team with Bob Prince. King attended Milton Hershey School in Hershey, Pennsylvania. King played in the National League from 1954 through 1957 with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He finished his career with a 7-5 record and appeared in 95 games, all but four in relief. He was originally signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1946, however he was traded to the Pirates in 1948 in an unknown transaction. After selling municipal bonds following his retirement from baseball, King moved into sports broadcasting in 1959 for radio stations in Greensburg and Latrobe, both small cities outside of Pittsburgh. He was hired as the third member of the Pirates broadcasting team for the 1967 season, joining Bob Prince and Jim Woods. He replaced Don Hoak who had moved back onto the field as a major league coach. Woods left the Pirates after the 1969 season and was replaced by Gene Osborn. When Osborn was fired after one year, the Pirates went with a two-man team, Prince and King. The broadcasting duo remained in place way until 1975, when Prince and King were told their contracts would not be renewed. Prince had issues with management at KDKA, which held the broadcast rights. King was swept out in the station's desire to start with a completely new team. The Pirates offered King a job heading the team's speakers bureau, but he declined. He was hired as sports information director at Duquesne University, and started a career that lasted more than 20 years at the university. He also served as color commentator on Duquesne basketball broadcasts and coached the golf team from 1988 until 2004. King continued to do freelance broadcasting work and was employed by various radio stations, including KDKA, WWSW, WEEP, WTAE, and WEDO. He also served as color analyst on radio broadcasts of Carnegie--Mellon football. He returned to the Pirates' broadcast booth as a guest commentator for a game in the final season at Three Rivers Stadium on October 1, 2000. In 2009, he published a book titled Happiness Is Like A Cur Dog: The Thirty-Year Journey of a Major League Baseball Pitcher and Broadcaster. On August 11, 2010 King died after a battle with Parkinson's disease. King and his wife Bernadette have three daughters and two grandchildren.

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  • how can you have it available in Europe because my mother has PD.

  • @bluebe11a does your old man help you make shake & bake?

  • @savemyplaylist how dare you call them "shaky morons"! My father has parkinson's and he is not a moron! You are a fucking wanker!

  • this video name is a fucking farce

  • @savemyplaylist WTF?

  • I don't want there to be a cure. I like watching these shaky morons .

  • @Mrawsome425 totally ;D

  • i hope it is the cure so we can have more back to the future movies :DDD

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