Bob Sheppard, Longtime Yankees Announcer, Dead at 99 1.09K Jeff Neumann 07/11/10 10:32AM Filed to: and now he's dead and now he's dead New York Yankees Baseball Sports Bob Sheppard Bob Sheppard, "The Voice of God," who was the New York Yankees' PA announcer for 56 years, died in his New York home today. He was 99 years old. Sheppard worked more than 4,500 major league ballgames.