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The Tigers let Harwell's contract expire after the 1991 season in what became a public relations nightmare, but new ownership put him back in the booth in 1993.

Inside the major leagues: Ernie Harwell honored 2010

The Tigers let Harwell's contract expire after the 1991 season in what became a public relations nightmare, but new ownership put him back in the booth in 1993.

Detroit Tigers pay tribute to late announcer Ernie Harwell 2010

Paul Carey, Harwell's famed broadcast partner from 1973-91, threw out the ceremonial first pitch — to Tigers manager Jim Leyland — after the baseball was brought to the mound by Ray Lane, who worked with Harwell from 1967-72.

Detroit Tigers pay tribute to late announcer Ernie Harwell 2010

When a CT scan showed multiple tumors in Dawna Harwell's pelvis, abdomen and spine in 2008, her doctors in Dallas told her she might have ovarian cancer, which can be especially deadly.

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The Tigers set up a pregame ceremony in which Harwell's daughters, Julie Harwell and Carolyn Raley, took the flag with "EH" on it to the pole in the bullpen along with the play-by-play radio team of Dan Dickerson and Jim Price, third baseman Brandon Inge (FSY), first base coach Tom Brookens, Hall of Famer Al Kaline and former Tigers great Willie Horton.

Detroit Tigers pay tribute to late announcer Ernie Harwell 2010

Paul Carey, Harwell's broadcast partner from 1973 to 1991, threw out the ceremonial first pitch — to Tigers manager Jim Leyland — after the baseball was brought to the mound by Ray Lane, who worked with Harwell from 1967 to 1972.

Inside the major leagues: Ernie Harwell honored 2010

Harwell's survivors also include seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Ernie Hardwell Dead: Tigers Broadcaster Dies At 92 2010

Harwell's body will lie in repose at Comerica Park on Thursday beginning at 7 a.m. and "until the last person who wishes to pay their respects" has done so, Spicer said.

Ernie Hardwell Dead: Tigers Broadcaster Dies At 92 2010

The Tigers and their flagship radio station, WJR, allowed Harwell's contract to expire after the 1991 season in what became a public relations nightmare.

Ernie Hardwell Dead: Tigers Broadcaster Dies At 92 2010

Scully, who has been broadcasting Dodger games every summer since the team moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in 1958, is the last survivor of the pre-TV era of sports broadcasters, and just as his genial, relaxed voice embodies southern California, so did Harwell's distinctive sound come to mean summer in the upper Midwest.

Ernie Harwell and the story of baseball 2010