Lance Russell Death – Complications from Broken Hip 1926-2017 (Age 91) Lance Russell was a legendary announcer whose smooth, easy-going style made calling matches look easy, but as anyone who’s heard bad commentating can attest, it’s far more difficult to call matches than it seems. Russell spent the majority of his career in Memphis Wrestling, yet earned a worldwide reputation as one of the greatest wrestling announcers of all time. That Lance Russell’s name is spoken in the same breath as Jim Ross and Gordon Solie is a testament to his work, and like these two announcers, he was equally gifted as a stick man, capable of getting a good interview out of even the most marble-mouthed of wrestlers. Would You Like to Announce Wrestling Matches? Lance Russell was born on March 18, 1926 and grew up in the small town of Jackson, Tennessee. Although Russell’s legend grew out of
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