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Cavs' broadcaster Tait dead at 83

CLEVELAND — Joe Tait, a longtime Cleveland sports broadcaster and voice of the Cavaliers for more than four decades, died Wednesday. He was 83.

Tait had recently gone into hospice care following a lengthy battle with kidney disease and liver cancer.

Tait was with the NBA team from its inception in 1970 until he retired in 2011, calling over 3,000 games.

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