Art Dlugach, a longtime sports producer for KPIX in San Francisco, died Thursday morning in Texas, surrounded by his family after a brief illness. He was 82.
The Mississippi-born Dlugach began his broadcast career in Texas with stints in Waco and Dallas before coming to KPIX in 1969 as a film editor. He became a sports producer in 1974, working with renowned former pro football player and sports broadcaster Wayne Walker.
His colleague at KPIX and former San Francisco Chronicle sports writer Steve Kroner called Dlugach “the Godfather of Bay Area sports producers.”…