Former OU SID dies (Johnny "Ranger" Keith)

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(from the Sun-News, Las Cruces, NM - he was the SID at OU when I was a student, until '79, and his dad - Harold - was one of the pioneers of sports media relations at OU for decades)

Longtime sports personality dies
Sun-News report
Posted: 03/14/2011 10:42:59 PM MDT

LAS CRUCES - Veteran Las Cruces sports writer John Keith died Monday at his home.

Keith, 78, had been suffering from health problems for the past few years.

Most recently he was a sports writer for the Las Cruces Bulletin.

Before that, he was a writer for the Las Cruces Sun-News dating back to the mid-1990s before leaving in 2003.

Known for his witty commentary and wry sense of humor, Keith formerly worked in media relations departments with the University of Oklahoma, University of New Mexico and Texas A&M.

His son, Duke, is a radio personality at KLAQ-FM (95.5) in El Paso. Funeral arrangements are pending.
 
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