Howard Finkel, WWE’s first employee and legendary ring announcer for decades, dead at age 69

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Howard Finkel, a decades-long WWE employee famous for being the ring announcer for so many of WWE’s biggest matches, has died. He was 69.

Stephanie McMahon noted on her Twitter account that he was their first ever employee after debuting as a ring announcer for the WWWF in 1977.

WWE.com details more of his career at a tribute article posted today HERE.

In what has already been a tough week for our @WWE family, today we lost our 1st ever employee and WWE Hall of Famer, @howardfinkel. Howard’s voice is iconic & recognized by generations of fans. He will be missed. #RIPHowardFinkel Thank you for everything. ❤️🙏❤️

— Stephanie McMahon (@StephMcMahon) April 16, 2020

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