"Wide World of Sports" director dead at 76

Andy Sidaris died Wednesday, March 7, of throat cancer. Sidaris directed the first episode of Wide World of Sports for ABC, and continued directing the popular program for the next 25 years. He's also credited with inventing the "honey shot," in which close-ups of attractive women sitting in the stands were featured on sporting event broadcasts. Sidaris directed the 1968 Summer Olympics, for which he won an Emmy Award, and was the football choreographer for the Robert Altman movie M*A*S*H. During the 1970s, he directed television episodes (Kojak, The Hardy Boys) and began producing adult action pictures with names like Hard Ticket to Hawaii, Fit to Kill, and Hard Hunted. Sidaris was 76.

Sources: Associated Press, IMDB.com, AndySidaris.com, olympic.org