- Led the crowds at Cubs games in singing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game." (Started the tradition at Comiskey Park with the White Sox in the 1970's.)
- Collapsed at a Rancho Mirage, California, nightclub after a Valentine's Day dinner with his wife. After spending four days in a coma, Caray succumbed shortly after being removed from life-support.
- Suffered a stroke in 1987.
- Was a major-league baseball broadcaster for 53 years; 25 with the St. Louis Cardinals, one with the Oakland Athletics, 11 with the Chicago White Sox and 16 with the Chicago Cubs.
- Suffered two broken legs after being run over by a taxi in 1968.
- Was orphaned at the age of 10.
- Interred at All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois, USA, in section 42w, block 22.
- Harry Caray was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1990.
- Father of Skip Caray, Grandfather of Chip Caray
- While he was awarded the Ford Frick Award by the Hall of Fame, he (and all other recipients) is not considered a member of the Hall.
- Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 96-98. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Portrayed by Will Ferrell on Saturday Night Live.
- Inducted into the American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame in 1989.
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