Quarterback Landry Jones #12 of the Oklahoma Sooners and offensive MVP is interviewed by ESPN’s John Saunders after the Sooners 48-20 victory against the Connecticut Huskies during the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl at the Universtity of Phoenix Stadium on January 1, 2011 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

John Saunders was a famed sports journalist for ESPN and ABC. He passed away today at the age of 61.

A cause of death was not immediately released by his family or ESPN.

His wife, Wanda Saunders, called 911 after finding him unresponsive and not breathing at their home in New York, TMZ reports.

Hastings-on-the-Hudson Police Chief Anthony Visalli told TMZ emergency responders went to the home about 4 a.m., but Saunders could not be revived. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A detective went to the house, but there was nothing suspicious found. T
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