Geoffrey Mason

Geoffrey Sheridan Mason (December 30, 1940 – January 25, 2026) was an American television sports producer. Over the course of his lifetime at multiple networks he won 24 Emmy Awards for the events he produced. In 2010 he was inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame.

Background Geoffrey Sheridan Mason was born in Englewood, New Jersey, on December 30, 1940, and spent his early years in Casey Key, Florida, and Marblehead, Massachusetts. He attended Duke University and served in the U.S. Navy from 1963 to 1967.

Mason was the producer in charge at ABC Sports on the day of the Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The team from ABC Sports were there to cover the games, but instead pivoted to providing live breaking coverage of the terrorist attack as it unfolded. For 16 hours live footage of the event was watched by hundreds of millions around the world. which depicted the control room as a source of building tension and decision making in the story. The Hollywood Reporter quoted Mason as saying, "I cannot begin to tell you how fast events were unfolding in that room."

Personal life Mason and his first wife, Judith Boedy, had a son, Geoffrey Jr., before divorcing. and spoke at the 2011 funeral of Betty Ford as a representative of the clinic.

Mason died from lung cancer in Naples, Florida, on January 25, 2026, at the age of 85, while in hospice care.