Sid Collins (born Sidney Cahn) (1923 – May 2, 1977) was an American broadcaster best known as the radio voice of the Indianapolis 500 on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network from 1952-1976.

Born into Jewish family, who owned a convience store in Indianapolis, Indiana, Cahn changed his professional name to Collins for fear of anti-semitism and discrimination in his chosen field of broadcasting.

In April of 1977, Collins visted the Mayo Clinic where was diagnosed with ALS. On May 2, 1977, at the age of 54, Collins commited suicide by hanging himself in a closet with a necktie. Collins had confided with friend and succesor Paul Page that he was planning on taking his own life, after hearing of his terminal diagnosis.

American radio personalities | Entertainers who committed suicide in their 50s | Suicides by hanging | 1923 births | 1977 deaths