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'''Leslie Mark (“Les”) Shapiro''' (March 4, 1956 – January 29, 2022) was an American sports media figure, an anchor for [[CBS Sports]], and a host of the [[ESPN]] radio talk program, in [[Denver]], Colorado.<ref>{{cite web|last=Saunders |first=Dusty |url=http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_15562708 |title=Les Shapiro gets new sports radio gig |publisher=The Denver Post |date=July 21, 2010 |accessdate=March 8, 2015}}</ref> He was the play-by-play voice of the [[Bradley University]] athletic teams in [[Peoria, Illinois]], before obtaining the post of sports anchor on the Denver [[CBS]] affiliate, CBS4, and later the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox TV]] affiliate, both of which featured him as the voice of the [[Denver Broncos]]. He was a frequent master of ceremonies for charitable events in the Denver area.<ref>{{cite web|title=Recently seen on "Have You Met"|url=https://www.blacktie-colorado.com/have-you-met/archive-detail.cfm?id=249|url-status=dead|accessdate=June 15, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102172956/https://www.blacktie-colorado.com/have-you-met/archive-detail.cfm?id=249|archivedate=November 2, 2013}}</ref> One of his two sons is a free-lance film producer and song writer in [[Los Angeles]].
==Early life==
Leslie Mark Shapiro was an observant Jew, named after his maternal grandfather Morris (Eliezer Moshe) Eisenberg. Born in a Jewish neighborhood near the lake front on the north side of [[Chicago, Illinois]], and raised in [[Morton Grove, Illinois]] and [[Wilmette, Illinois]], he was graduated in mass communications from [[Arizona State University]]. .<ref>{{cite web|last=Saunders |first=Dusty |url=http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_15562708 |title=Les Shapiro gets new sports radio gig |publisher=The Denver Post |date=July 21, 2010 |accessdate=March 8, 2015}}</ref> Shapiro grew up in a sports-loving family. His father, Jordan Shapiro, a Navy veteran, and uncle, Sherwin Shapiro, a high-end women's clothing retailer in [[Northbrook, Illinois]], were avid fans of Chicago sports teams. Shapiro excelled in youth sports before playing baseball as a pitcher at [[New Trier High School]]. He married the girl he had courted since high school. They were married for thirty-eight years. The Shapiro family relocated to Scottsdale in 1975 after many years in the northern suburbs of Chicago.
==Career==
Shapiro started his career as a news writer and producer for KPNX-TV in [[Phoenix, Arizona]]. He then worked as a sports anchor for WEEK-TV in [[Peoria, Illinois]], before moving to Denver in 1983. .<ref>{{cite web|last=Saunders |first=Dusty |url=http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_15562708 |title=Les Shapiro gets new sports radio gig |publisher=The Denver Post |date=July 21, 2010 |accessdate=March 8, 2015}}</ref> He was employed as a sports reporter and anchor by [[KCNC-TV]], CBS4, for fifteen years from 1984 to 1999. .<ref>{{cite web|last=Saunders |first=Dusty |url=http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_15562708 |title=Les Shapiro gets new sports radio gig |publisher=The Denver Post |date=July 21, 2010 |accessdate=March 8, 2015}}</ref>
After leaving CBS4, Shapiro worked for FOX-31, ESPN Radio, and Mile High Sports radio. He also served as the master of ceremonies for many charitable functions around Denver, at which he would also display his considerable singing talent.<ref>{{Cite news|date=January 29, 2022|title=Les Shapiro, Former CBS4 Sports Anchor, Passes Away|url=https://denver.cbslocal.com/2022/01/29/les-shapiro-cbs4-sports/|access-date=January 30, 2022|work=[[KCNC-TV]]|language=en-US}}</ref> He covered the Broncos Super Bowl victories in 1998 and 1999, the Avalanche’s first Stanley Cup championship, the inaugural season of the Colorado Rockies and performed the play-by-play for the station’s coverage of the University of Colorado Boulder football.
He was partners in a popular Denver restaurant with former [[Chicago Cubs]] pitcher and [[Cy Young]] Award winner [[Steve Stone]].
==Personal life==
Shapiro was married for 38 years until his death. They met while in high school. Together, they had two children: Jessie and Cary. He and his wife moved to [[Scottsdale, Arizona]], in February 2020.<ref name=Saunders/><ref>{{cite news|title=Les Shapiro Leaving Mile High Sports in Denver|url=https://barrettsportsmedia.com/2020/02/27/les-shapiro-leaving-mile-high-sports-in-denver/|first=Brandon|last=Contes|date=February 27, 2020|access-date=February 2, 2022|newspaper=The Denver Post}}</ref>
==Illness and death==
Shapiro died at his home in Scottsdale, Arizona on January 29, 2022, at the age of 65 after a five-year-long battle with lung cancer. He was never a smoker. <ref>{{cite news|date=January 29, 2022|title=Former Denver Sports Anchor Les Shapiro Passes Away|publisher=[[KDVR]]|url=https://kdvr.com/news/local/former-denver-sports-anchor-les-shapiro-passes-away/|access-date=January 30, 2022}}</ref> He was predeceased by his parents Jordan and Fran and his younger brother David Zev. He leaves his two sons, his wife, and his sister Karyn of Phoenix.
==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:1950s births]]
[[Category:2022 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Morton Grove, Illinois]]
[[Category:American sports announcers]]
[[Category:American people of Jewish descent]]
[[Category:Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication alumni]]
[[Category:ESPN announcers]]
[[Category:Radio personalities from Denver]]
[[Category:People from Chicago]]
[[Category:People from Wilmette, Illinois]]
[[Category:People from Scottsdale, Arizona]]
[[Category:Deaths from lung cancer]]
[[Category:Deaths from cancer in Arizona]]
==Early life==
Leslie Mark Shapiro was an observant Jew, named after his maternal grandfather Morris (Eliezer Moshe) Eisenberg. Born in a Jewish neighborhood near the lake front on the north side of [[Chicago, Illinois]], and raised in [[Morton Grove, Illinois]] and [[Wilmette, Illinois]], he was graduated in mass communications from [[Arizona State University]]. .<ref>{{cite web|last=Saunders |first=Dusty |url=http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_15562708 |title=Les Shapiro gets new sports radio gig |publisher=The Denver Post |date=July 21, 2010 |accessdate=March 8, 2015}}</ref> Shapiro grew up in a sports-loving family. His father, Jordan Shapiro, a Navy veteran, and uncle, Sherwin Shapiro, a high-end women's clothing retailer in [[Northbrook, Illinois]], were avid fans of Chicago sports teams. Shapiro excelled in youth sports before playing baseball as a pitcher at [[New Trier High School]]. He married the girl he had courted since high school. They were married for thirty-eight years. The Shapiro family relocated to Scottsdale in 1975 after many years in the northern suburbs of Chicago.
==Career==
Shapiro started his career as a news writer and producer for KPNX-TV in [[Phoenix, Arizona]]. He then worked as a sports anchor for WEEK-TV in [[Peoria, Illinois]], before moving to Denver in 1983. .<ref>{{cite web|last=Saunders |first=Dusty |url=http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_15562708 |title=Les Shapiro gets new sports radio gig |publisher=The Denver Post |date=July 21, 2010 |accessdate=March 8, 2015}}</ref> He was employed as a sports reporter and anchor by [[KCNC-TV]], CBS4, for fifteen years from 1984 to 1999. .<ref>{{cite web|last=Saunders |first=Dusty |url=http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_15562708 |title=Les Shapiro gets new sports radio gig |publisher=The Denver Post |date=July 21, 2010 |accessdate=March 8, 2015}}</ref>
After leaving CBS4, Shapiro worked for FOX-31, ESPN Radio, and Mile High Sports radio. He also served as the master of ceremonies for many charitable functions around Denver, at which he would also display his considerable singing talent.<ref>{{Cite news|date=January 29, 2022|title=Les Shapiro, Former CBS4 Sports Anchor, Passes Away|url=https://denver.cbslocal.com/2022/01/29/les-shapiro-cbs4-sports/|access-date=January 30, 2022|work=[[KCNC-TV]]|language=en-US}}</ref> He covered the Broncos Super Bowl victories in 1998 and 1999, the Avalanche’s first Stanley Cup championship, the inaugural season of the Colorado Rockies and performed the play-by-play for the station’s coverage of the University of Colorado Boulder football.
He was partners in a popular Denver restaurant with former [[Chicago Cubs]] pitcher and [[Cy Young]] Award winner [[Steve Stone]].
==Personal life==
Shapiro was married for 38 years until his death. They met while in high school. Together, they had two children: Jessie and Cary. He and his wife moved to [[Scottsdale, Arizona]], in February 2020.<ref name=Saunders/><ref>{{cite news|title=Les Shapiro Leaving Mile High Sports in Denver|url=https://barrettsportsmedia.com/2020/02/27/les-shapiro-leaving-mile-high-sports-in-denver/|first=Brandon|last=Contes|date=February 27, 2020|access-date=February 2, 2022|newspaper=The Denver Post}}</ref>
==Illness and death==
Shapiro died at his home in Scottsdale, Arizona on January 29, 2022, at the age of 65 after a five-year-long battle with lung cancer. He was never a smoker. <ref>{{cite news|date=January 29, 2022|title=Former Denver Sports Anchor Les Shapiro Passes Away|publisher=[[KDVR]]|url=https://kdvr.com/news/local/former-denver-sports-anchor-les-shapiro-passes-away/|access-date=January 30, 2022}}</ref> He was predeceased by his parents Jordan and Fran and his younger brother David Zev. He leaves his two sons, his wife, and his sister Karyn of Phoenix.
==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:1950s births]]
[[Category:2022 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Morton Grove, Illinois]]
[[Category:American sports announcers]]
[[Category:American people of Jewish descent]]
[[Category:Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication alumni]]
[[Category:ESPN announcers]]
[[Category:Radio personalities from Denver]]
[[Category:People from Chicago]]
[[Category:People from Wilmette, Illinois]]
[[Category:People from Scottsdale, Arizona]]
[[Category:Deaths from lung cancer]]
[[Category:Deaths from cancer in Arizona]]
