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Max Falkenstien, the affable and silver-tongued ''Voice of the Jayhawks'' who brought Kansas football and basketball into the homes of fans for six decades, died Monday. Falkenstien did his first broadcast of a Kansas basketball game during the 1946 NCAA Tournament in Kansas City, where the Jayhawks played Oklahoma A&M. He took over as the play-by-play voice the following spring, and would hold the job for 39 years before switching to the commentator's role in 1984. ''I've known Max since 1985, and back then, even being young in the profession, I quickly realized that Max was as big a part of the great history of KU basketball and football as the players and coaches were,'' Jayhawks basketball coach Bill Self said.
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