Phyllis George, female sportscasting pioneer, dies at 70

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Phyllis George, female sportscasting pioneer, dies at 70

She covered the NFL when few women did.

Phyllis George, the former Miss America who became a female sportscasting pioneer on CBS’s “The NFL Today” and served as the first lady of Kentucky, has died. She was 70.

A family spokeswoman said George died Thursday at a Lexington, Kentucky, hospital after a long fight with a blood disorder.

Her children, Lincoln Tyler George Brown and CNN White House correspondent Pamela Ashley Brown, released a joint statement, saying...
 
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So sad when she was married to the governor of KY she was so admired and did much for the state. A remarkable person.
 

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