Special to Detroit Free Press
Frank Beckmann, the play-by-play voice of Michigan football for 33 years who also had long stints calling games for the Detroit Lions and Detroit Tigers, has died at age 72 in hospice care
Beckmann suffered from vascular dementia and had several strokes recently.
“It’s just so sad losing Frank," longtime Michigan football partner Jim Brandstatter said. "Frank was a vital, energetic, driven, and larger-than-life personality, and having him be struck down like this is very difficult for everybody that knew him.