Dave Wills is an American sportscaster who worked as the radio voice of the Tampa Bay Rays from 2005 until he died in 2023. Dave Wills and his wife Liz Wills had two children. The family lived in Lutz, Florida.
Dave Wills died at his home on March 5, 2023, at the age of 58. A cause of death has not been revealed. However, in September 2022, Wills was hospitalized in Toronto with a heart condition, which was diagnosed as supraventricular tachycardia, and missed the last two weeks of the Rays’ season.
Dave Wills and his partner Andy Freed alternated play-by-play and colour commentator duties during Rays game broadcasts, usually trading roles every three innings.
During Rays game broadcasts, Wills and his partner Freed switched between play-by-play and colour commentary, usually every three innings.
Wills signed several contract extensions with the Tampa Bay Rays Radio Network and another “multi-year” contract after the 2017 season.
Wills’ final Rays game was a spring training game against the New York Yankees on March 4, 2023, the day before he died. Wills was inducted into the Irish-American Baseball Hall of Fame in 2016.