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Poet, painter, storyteller, mail artist, book seller, corn smoker, and prankster Blaster Al Ackerman made us laugh harder at a reading than anyone else had. At 70-something years old, he was reciting ...

DETROIT (AP) - Al Ackerman, a former TV sportscaster who coined the rally cry "Bless You Boys" for the Detroit Tigers leading up to the team's 1984 World Series win, has died. He was 90. Family member ...

I was petrified. I was a youngster inside the Lindell A.C. moments before meeting broadcaster Al Ackerman. For me this was like meeting the president of the United States. However, I was afraid the ...

DETROIT (AP/WOOD) – Al Ackerman, a former TV sportscaster in West Michigan and then Detroit, has died. He was 90. Family member Philip Handleman says Ackerman died Monday of natural causes at his home ...

If you moved to Baltimore in 1996, as I did, you might find yourself wondering if you’d made the right decision—until, that is, you met “Blaster” Al Ackerman. Getting to know Blaster wasn’t only ...

Al Ackerman, whose broadcasting career spanned from the late 1950s to the 1980s and coined the phrase "Bless You Boys" for the Detroit Tigers, has died at the age of 90. The Associated Press, citing ...

Alan Trammell had not heard of the passing of former TV sportscaster Al Ackerman until this morning. Ackerman, who coined the “Bless You Boys” rally cry as the Detroit Tigers went on to win the World ...

Shirley and Al Ackerman of Rochester, celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary on July 1, 2011. They were married July 1, 1961, at the Presbyterian Church in Canby, Minnesota. The Ackerman family ...

DETROIT (AP) – Al Ackerman, a former TV sportscaster who coined the rally cry “Bless You Boys” for the Detroit Tigers leading up to the team’s 1984 World Series win, has died. He was 90. Family member ...

DETROIT (AP) - Al Ackerman, a former TV sportscaster who coined the rally cry “Bless You Boys” for the Detroit Tigers leading up to the team’s 1984 World Series win, has died. He was 90. Family member ...