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Bless his heart.  His knowledge and skill in media sports will be felt for generations.  He was a wonderful man and was absolutely sweet and kind to everyone he met.  He loved North Texas so very much.  Those of us who had him in our lives,  if even for a short time were blessed to have done so.

Prayers for him and his family.

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He took me under his wing when I was 18 allowing me into his class as a freshman and putting me on the radio with him when I was  19.  At one point, we had a radio talk show together on KDNT.  Thank you Bill for your mentoring of me and for teaching me skills I use in my career today . 

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17 hours ago, SUMG said:

Mr. Mercer made it to 99. Brad Sham did a nice tribute to him on X. He included this picture:

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Very sad to hear this.   Elite broadcaster and NT fan.   

I have a book he wrote and autographed to me.

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20 hours ago, FirefightnRick said:

Bless his heart.  His knowledge and skill in media sports will be felt for generations.  He was a wonderful man and was absolutely sweet and kind to everyone he met.  He loved North Texas so very much.  Those of us who had him in our lives,  if even for a short time were blessed to have done so.

Prayers for him and his family.

Rick 

They need to put up a statue of Bill over at DATCU stadium. He's as much a part of North Texas as Jack Buck was the Cardinals and Harry Carrey the Cubbies.

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33 minutes ago, Shark84 said:

They need to put up a statue of Bill over at DATCU stadium. He's as much a part of North Texas as Jack Buck was the Cardinals and Harry Carrey the Cubbies.

Or at least a bust of him up on the press level like the ones in Unity Plaza.

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He got the most out of life in terms of longevity and accomplishments.

The greatest  ambassador of NT athletics ever. 

He will be missed not only by all his students, but from many of us that have heard his voice much more than any other broadcaster. 

 

 

 

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