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Ron Howard Delivers Touching Tribute to Vin Scully on Twitter

Director Ron Howard shared a touching personal story as a tribute to legendary Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully on Twitter on Friday.

The Los Angeles Dodgers legendary broadcaster Vin Scully has many celebrity fans, and has received some touching tributes over the past few weeks. 

On Friday, during the Dodgers final three games of the season against the San Francisco Giants, director Ron Howard, delivered his tribute to Scully on Twitter.

Howard told the story of how he accidentally first heard the greatest sports broadcaster on a little red transistor radio, and credited Scully with helping him in school as well as ignite his passion for baseball and the Dodgers.

Scully is set to retire after 67 years behind the microphone following the season finale on Sunday at AT&T Park in San Francisco. All three games of the weekend series will be televises on KTLA, Spectrum SportsNetLA and on radio on AM 570.

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