Bob Uecker died today at the age of 90. A veteran of two heart surgeries, he had been battling lung cancer for over a year, and had dramatically reduced his workload as the radio voice of the Milwaukee Brewers.

Bob Uecker, whose self-deprecating wit helped him parlay a mediocre baseball career into stardom as a broadcaster, actor and pitchman for beer from his hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, died on Thursday at age 90,

Uecker, a baseball icon, television and movie funnyman and Hall of Fame Milwaukee Brewers radio announcer, died Thursday at the age of 90.