{"id":474276,"date":"2026-09-24T15:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T15:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/474276\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T15:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T15:02:08","slug":"lawrence-tanter-cause-of-death-iconic-los-angeles-lakers-pa-announcer-passes-away-at-76","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/474276\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawrence Tanter Cause of Death: Iconic Los Angeles Lakers PA announcer passes away at 76"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> have lost a major symbol of their franchise. Lawrence Tanter, who spent 43 seasons as the Lakers public address announcer, has passed away at the age of 76.<\/p>\n

The organization announced the news late on Wednesday night. The Lakers’ statement made mention of his immense contributions to the team over more than four decades: “For 43 years, LT’s voice served as the soundtrack to Lakers games at the arena. He will be remembered as a cherished member of the Lakers family.”<\/p>\n

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Lawrence Tanter suffered stroke in March and had to enter hospice care before 2026-27 Lakers season<\/p>\n

While no official cause of death has been released yet, Tanter had reportedly suffered a stroke in March of this year, according to ESPN’s Dave McMenamin. That health setback forced him to miss the end of the Lakers’ 2025-26 season, and led to his retirement from the PA announcer role this summer.<\/p>\n

McMenamin reported after his death that\u00a0Tanter entered hospice care last month, but sent ESPN a final message right before he did: “Quote me. It’s been a blessing.”<\/p>\n

Tanter joined the Lakers organization at the start of the 1982-83 season. His voice became synonymous with the franchise, as fans heard his voice over the loud speakers at The Forum and Staples Center (later Crypto.com Arena) for an incredible 43 seasons.<\/p>\n

Following his retirement this summer due to health issues, Tanter was set to serve as a “Special Advisor for Game Presentation”. Tanter was truly beloved by Lakers fans, especially those who lived through their epic championship runs, and was extremely well-respected around the league.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Lakers have lost a major symbol of their franchise. Lawrence Tanter, who spent 43 seasons…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-474276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}