PETE AXTHELM, 47:- Sunday, February 3, 1991
Pete Axthelm, 47, a commentator for ESPN's National Football League coverage, died yesterday at a Pittsburgh hospital of liver failure.
Mr. Axthelm entered Presbyterian-University Hospital on Jan. 27 and had been in the intensive-care unit awaiting a liver transplant, hospital spokesman Frank Raczkiewicz said.
"We will miss his insightful commentary, incisive reporting and unique literary flavor," ESPN spokesman Mike Soltys said. "We will especially miss his warm friendship."
Mr. Axthelm, who joined ESPN in 1987, provided commentary and picks on NFL games on the network's NFL GameDay and NFL PrimeTime. He also covered horse racing.
He was part of NBC's NFL coverage team from 1980 until 1985.
Mr. Axthelm, a 1965 graduate of Yale University, joined the New York Herald Tribune as a horse-racing writer and sports columnist after graduation. He worked at Newsweek magazine from 1968 until 1988 and at People magazine from 1988 until 1989.
Mr. Axthelm, who lived in New York City and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is survived by his wife, Andrea, and daughter, Megan. Funeral arrangements were incomplete last night, Soltys said.
Pete Axthelm, 47, a commentator for ESPN's National Football League coverage, died yesterday at a Pittsburgh hospital of liver failure.
Mr. Axthelm entered Presbyterian-University Hospital on Jan. 27 and had been in the intensive-care unit awaiting a liver transplant, hospital spokesman Frank Raczkiewicz said.
"We will miss his insightful commentary, incisive reporting and unique literary flavor," ESPN spokesman Mike Soltys said. "We will especially miss his warm friendship."
Mr. Axthelm, who joined ESPN in 1987, provided commentary and picks on NFL games on the network's NFL GameDay and NFL PrimeTime. He also covered horse racing.
He was part of NBC's NFL coverage team from 1980 until 1985.
Mr. Axthelm, a 1965 graduate of Yale University, joined the New York Herald Tribune as a horse-racing writer and sports columnist after graduation. He worked at Newsweek magazine from 1968 until 1988 and at People magazine from 1988 until 1989.
Mr. Axthelm, who lived in New York City and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is survived by his wife, Andrea, and daughter, Megan. Funeral arrangements were incomplete last night, Soltys said.
PETE AXTHELM, 47:- Sunday, February 3, 1991
Pete Axthelm, 47, a commentator for ESPN's National Football League coverage, died yesterday at a Pittsburgh hospital of liver failure.
Mr. Axthelm entered Presbyterian-University Hospital on Jan. 27 and had been in the intensive-care unit awaiting a liver transplant, hospital spokesman Frank Raczkiewicz said.
"We will miss his insightful commentary, incisive reporting and unique literary flavor," ESPN spokesman Mike Soltys said. "We will especially miss his warm friendship."
Mr. Axthelm, who joined ESPN in 1987, provided commentary and picks on NFL games on the network's NFL GameDay and NFL PrimeTime. He also covered horse racing.
He was part of NBC's NFL coverage team from 1980 until 1985.
Mr. Axthelm, a 1965 graduate of Yale University, joined the New York Herald Tribune as a horse-racing writer and sports columnist after graduation. He worked at Newsweek magazine from 1968 until 1988 and at People magazine from 1988 until 1989.
Mr. Axthelm, who lived in New York City and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is survived by his wife, Andrea, and daughter, Megan. Funeral arrangements were incomplete last night, Soltys said.
Pete Axthelm, 47, a commentator for ESPN's National Football League coverage, died yesterday at a Pittsburgh hospital of liver failure.
Mr. Axthelm entered Presbyterian-University Hospital on Jan. 27 and had been in the intensive-care unit awaiting a liver transplant, hospital spokesman Frank Raczkiewicz said.
"We will miss his insightful commentary, incisive reporting and unique literary flavor," ESPN spokesman Mike Soltys said. "We will especially miss his warm friendship."
Mr. Axthelm, who joined ESPN in 1987, provided commentary and picks on NFL games on the network's NFL GameDay and NFL PrimeTime. He also covered horse racing.
He was part of NBC's NFL coverage team from 1980 until 1985.
Mr. Axthelm, a 1965 graduate of Yale University, joined the New York Herald Tribune as a horse-racing writer and sports columnist after graduation. He worked at Newsweek magazine from 1968 until 1988 and at People magazine from 1988 until 1989.
Mr. Axthelm, who lived in New York City and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is survived by his wife, Andrea, and daughter, Megan. Funeral arrangements were incomplete last night, Soltys said.
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