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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Joe Reedy

Geoffrey Mason death: TV producer of 1972 Munich Olympics hostage crisis, dies aged 85

This photo provided by ESPN Images shows Geoffrey Mason speaking to ESPN employees in 2017, in Bristol, Conn - (Melissa Rawlins/ESPN Images via AP)

Geoffrey Mason, who had a five-decade career in sports television and was best known as the coordinating producer for ABC’s coverage of the 1972 Munich Olympic Games hostage crisis, has died. He was 85.

ESPN said Mason died Sunday in Naples, Florida. He died of natural causes, according to his family.

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