Lawrence Tanter, the Los Angeles Lakers’ public address announcer for 43 years, died on September 23 at age 76. He joined the franchise in 1982, and fans paid tribute to the voice they associated with Lakers home games and childhood memories.
Tanter announced home games during the Showtime era and the Kobe-Shaq years. The article says he would have been the voice of the Lakers’ 2020 NBA championship, but the COVID-19 bubble kept him from announcing it.
