{"id":96205,"date":"2020-04-16T12:38:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T17:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=96205"},"modified":"2020-04-16T12:38:56","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T17:38:56","slug":"howard-finkel-wwes-first-employee-and-legendary-ring-announcer-for-decades-dead-at-age-69","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/04\/16\/howard-finkel-wwes-first-employee-and-legendary-ring-announcer-for-decades-dead-at-age-69\/","title":{"rendered":"Howard Finkel, WWE&#8217;s first employee and legendary ring announcer for decades, dead at age 69"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3366174137\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Howard Finkel, a decades-long WWE employee famous for being the ring announcer for so many of WWE&#8217;s\u00a0biggest matches, has died. He was 69.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>WWE.com details more of his career at a tribute article posted today <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/article\/howard-finkel-passes-away\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephMcMahon\/status\/1250793115390226438<\/p>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"0\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--cta js-clickToOpenTarget\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephMcMahon\/status\/1250793115390226438\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-twitter-event-id=\"1\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweetContainer\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1178096800\"><div id=\"pwtor-1830256333\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Howard Finkel, a decades-long WWE employee famous for being the ring announcer for so many of WWE&#8217;s\u00a0biggest matches, has died. 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