Hannah Storm ‘heartbroken’ by husband Dan Hicks’ shocking death

Dan Hicks, the longtime NBC Sports broadcaster known for calling golf, has died aged 64 after an acute illness, his wife, broadcaster Hannah Storm, announced. Storm said she and their three daughters were heartbroken, and described Hicks as a devoted husband, loving father and much-loved friend; his death has prompted tributes across sports broadcasting.

Hicks also covered Notre Dame, the NBA and the NFL. He met Storm in 1989 while they worked as sports anchors at CNN in Atlanta, began dating the following year and married on 8 January 1994. Their daughters are Hannah, Ellery and Riley, and NBC, Notre Dame Athletics and several sports journalists expressed condolences.