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The smooth and soothing voice that generations of Lakers<\/a> fans grew so accustomed to when Lawrence Tanter<\/a> was the longtime public address announcer has put down his microphone.<\/p>\n

Tanter, known as the \u201cVoice of the Lakers,\u201d has retired from his game-day role, the team announced Tuesday, and he will become a special advisor for Lakers game presentation.<\/p>\n

Tanter, 76, sat in his courtside seat as the public address announcer for 43 years at Lakers games, starting in 1982 when they played at the Forum and lasting until late March, when the team announced he would miss a game to attend to his health. Those with knowledge of the situation who are not authorized to speak publicly on the matter said he had a stroke.<\/p>\n

\u201cLawrence Tanter has been an integral part of the Lakers gameday experience for more than four decades, setting the tone for countless memorable moments with his professionalism, energy and signature booming voice,\u201d said Jeanie Buss<\/a>, the Lakers\u2019 governor. \u201cSince the 1980s, LT has narrated every chapter of Lakers basketball, connecting generations of fans, players, coaches and staff while becoming a trusted and unforgettable part of the Lakers\u2019 experience. I am incredibly grateful for everything he has given to this franchise.\u201d<\/p>\n

From the days of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson, to the Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O\u2019Neal era and the current LeBron James and Luka Doncic days, Tanter was the voice that resonated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The smooth and soothing voice that generations of Lakers fans grew so accustomed to when Lawrence Tanter was…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":873149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[40],"tags":[4160,5495,355048,46267,38269,8604,355050,247919,354808,355051,1260,9323,355052,355049,355047,62,3007,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-873148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-coach","tag-energy","tag-game-presentation","tag-generation","tag-laker","tag-lakers","tag-lakers-fan","tag-lakers-game","tag-lawrence-tanter","tag-longtime-public-address-announcer","tag-nba","tag-player","tag-signature-booming-voice","tag-soothing-voice","tag-special-advisor","tag-sports","tag-team","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116764595157793690","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=873148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/873149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=873148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=873148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=873148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}