Passing: Fred Foy, 'Lone Ranger' Announcer (NY Times)

From The New York Times:

By MARGALIT FOX
Published: December 23, 2010


A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty Hi-Yo, Silver! ...

Three times a week on the radio, those words, juxtaposed with the galloping strains of Rossini’s “William Tell” overture, captivated generations of midcentury Americans.

For a decade, first on the radio and later on television, Fred Foy was the man who intoned those gallant lines, among the most evocative in American broadcasting.

Mr. Foy died on Wednesday (December 22), at 89, at his home in Woburn, Mass. The death, of natural causes.

On the radio, Mr. Foy was also the announcer for “The Green Hornet” and “Sergeant Preston of the Yukon.” On television, he became a staff announcer for ABC in New York, where his duties included “The Dick Cavett Show.”

A frequent speaker at old-time radio conventions, Mr. Foy was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2000.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/23/arts/television/23foy.html?hpw