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((short description|American sports announcer))
((Infobox person
| name          = Stan Richards
| image         = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing [[brackets]] -->
| alt           = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software -->
| caption       = 
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| birth_date    = c. 1931 <!-- ((Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD)) for living people supply only the year with ((Birth year and age|YYYY)) unless the exact date is already widely published, as per [[WP:DOB]]. For people who have died, use ((Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD)). -->
| birth_place   = [[Mississippi]], United States
| death_date    = ((Death date|1991|05|22))<!-- ((Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD)) (DEATH date then BIRTH date) -->
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| occupation    = Public address announcer
| years_active  = 1973 – 1991
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'''Stan Richards''' (((Circa|1931)) – May 22, 1991) was a [[public address]] [[announcer]] for the [[Phoenix Suns]] of the [[National Basketball Association]].<ref>((cite news |author1=Bob McManaman |title=Your Phoenix Suns |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=25561803 |accessdate=14 March 2020 |work=[[The Arizona Republic]] |date=24 January 1986|pages=SE9–SE10))</ref>

==Career==
Richards, who made his debut in December 1973, was the Suns' arena voice for 17 seasons at [[Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum|Veterans Memorial Coliseum]].<ref>((cite web |title=Crawling Towards Respectability |url=https://www.nba.com/suns/history/7374_recap.html |website=NBA.com |publisher=[[Phoenix Suns]] |accessdate=14 March 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725184607/https://www.nba.com/suns/history/7374_recap.html |archivedate=25 July 2014))</ref> On March 24, 1987, he was involved in a controversy after the Suns' general manager [[Jerry Colangelo]] ordered him midway through the first quarter of the Suns game against the [[Los Angeles Lakers]] to announce that ''"the Suns have eight fouls, the Lakers have none"'', much to the chagrin of the referees. Although Richards escaped punishment for the stunt, Colangelo was fined an undisclosed amount by the [[NBA]] for prompting a public address announcer into making an ''"intimidating announcement"''.<ref>((cite news |title=Phoenix Suns' general manager Jerry Colangelo has... |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1987-04-02-8701250297-story.html |accessdate=17 March 2020 |work=[[The Chicago Tribune]] |date=2 April 1987))</ref>

==Deteriorating health and death==
After suffering a series of microstrokes in December 1989, which forced him to miss only the second game of his career,<ref>((cite news |author1=Lee Shappell |title=Richards retires as Suns' PA voice |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=46661272 |accessdate=14 March 2020 |work=[[The Arizona Republic]] |date=22 August 1990 |pages=C1, C7))</ref> Richards decided to retire in August 1990.<ref name="arizona-republic-1991-05-23"/> He remained with the Suns in an advisory capacity during the 1990–1991 season but came out of retirement in April to announce the Suns' two home playoff games against the [[Utah Jazz]]. A few days later, he was hospitalized after suffering a mild heart attack.<ref name="arizona-republic-1991-05-23"/>

Richards died at home in his sleep on May 22, 1991.<ref name="arizona-republic-1991-05-23">((cite news |author1=Lee Shappell |title=Richards, 'voice' of Suns, dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=46661277 |accessdate=14 March 2020 |work=[[The Arizona Republic]] |date=23 May 1991|pages=E1, E4))</ref>

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