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== Personal life ==
Garagiola married Audrie Ross, the organist at the Cardinals' ballpark in St. Louis, in 1949;<ref name="Post"/> their two sons later had an association with baseball. [[Joe Garagiola Jr.|Joe Jr.]], was the general manager for the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]], and later senior vice president of baseball operations for Major League Baseball. His other son Steve is a retired broadcast journalist as well, serving as a reporter and anchor for [[WDIV-TV]], the NBC affiliate in Detroit.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.clickondetroit.com/newsteam/269707/detail.html| title=News Team| website=WDIV-TV| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070108230935/http://www.clickondetroit.com/newsteam/269707/detail.html|archive-date=January 8, 2007}}</ref> His daughter, Gina, has also worked in TV news, as a field reporter for Phoenix television station [[KTVK]], and is now a freelance writer. Garagiola Sr. had eight grandchildren. One of those grandchildren, Chris, was named the radio play-by-play announcer for the Diamondbacks in December 2023.<ref>https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/mlb/diamondbacks/2023/12/01/arizona-diamondbacks-chris-garagiola-radio-play-by-play-announcer/71768093007/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>
 
== Death ==
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| title = Host of ''[[He Said, She Said (game show)|He Said, She Said]]''
| before = New show
| after = [[Bert Convy]] on ''[[Tattletales]]''<br />(1974–1978, 1982–1984)
| years = 1969–1970
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| before = [[Curt Gowdy]]
| title = [[World Series]] network television play-by-play announcer<br />(with [[Curt Gowdy]] in [[1975 World Series|1975]] and [[Dick Enberg]] in [[1982 World Series|1982]]; concurrent with [[Keith Jackson]] and [[Al Michaels]] in even numbered years)
| years = [[1975 World Series|1975]]–[[1982 World Series|1982]]
| after = [[Al Michaels]] (in odd numbered years only) and [[Vin Scully]] (in even numbered years only)
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| before = [[Curt Gowdy]]
| title = Lead play-by-play announcer,<br />''[[Major League Baseball on NBC]]''
| years = [[1974 Major League Baseball season|1974]]–[[1982 Major League Baseball season|1982]]<br />(alternated with [[Curt Gowdy]] from [[1974 Major League Baseball season|1974]] to [[1975 Major League Baseball season|1975]] and [[Dick Enberg]] in [[1982 Major League Baseball season|1982]])
| after = [[Vin Scully]]
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| before = [[Fred Haney]]<br />[[Tony Kubek]]
| title = Lead color commentator,<br />''[[Major League Baseball on NBC]]''
| years = [[1961 Major League Baseball season|1961]]–[[1965 Major League Baseball season|1965]]<br />[[1983 Major League Baseball season|1983]]–[[1988 Major League Baseball season|1988]]
| after = [[Pee Wee Reese]]<br />[[Tom Seaver]]