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Former Olympic swimmer Rowdy Gaines, his broadcast partner for eight Olympics, called him one of his closest friends and said Hicks was the glue that held their team together at the Games.\n\nHicks is survived by Storm and their three daughters.","published_at":"2026-11-12T19:07:55.766058+00:00","source_count":5,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Awful Announcing","publisher":"Awful Announcing","title":"How Dan Hicks helped define an era of greatness","url":"https://awfulannouncing.com/nbc/dan-hicks-greatness-tiger-woods-michael-phelps.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Rowdy Gaines puts out tribute to Dan Hicks following his passing","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/rowdy-gaines-puts-tribute-dan-205215818.html"},{"outlet":"New York Post","publisher":"New York Post","title":"Dan Hicks died of ‘acute illness’ before he was scheduled to call Notre Dame 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