Saturday’s males’s basketball sport between East Carolina and Tulane College was postponed after the sudden loss of life of radio broadcaster Jeff Charles.
Charles died in New Orleans Friday whereas accompanying the males’s basketball staff, in keeping with East Carolina College.
The East Carolina Pirates brand on the sphere at a school soccer sport between the Tulane Inexperienced Wave and the East Carolina Pirates Nov. 7, 2020, at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium in Greenville, N.C. (Gregory Fisher/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Pictures)
Charles had been broadcasting video games for ECU athletics for 30-plus years, together with 15 bowl video games and over 1,000 basketball video games.
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WNCT Greenville reported that Charles, 70, suffered a “medical incident” and was attended to by ECU trainers after which by emergency personnel earlier than dying shortly after.
“We’re deeply saddened and shocked by the passing of longtime Voice of the Pirates Jeff Charles,” ECU athletic director Jon Gilbert mentioned in a press release. “Our ideas and prayers are with Debby, Britt and all of his household and mates. Jeff was a real skilled in each sense of the phrase who had a singular potential to deliver the sport to life and join with listeners.
The middle court docket brand for Williams Enviornment throughout a sport between the Connecticut Huskies and the East Carolina Pirates Feb. 29, 2020, in Greenville, N.C. (Greg Thompson/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Pictures)
“He means as a lot to anybody to ECU soccer, basketball and baseball followers, and we all know Pirate Nation is mourning collectively tonight. His iconic ‘You possibly can paint this one purple’ will stay an integral a part of ECU Athletics historical past.”
East Carolina head soccer coach Mike Houston posted to social media to supply his prayers to the household.
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“Acquired the information earlier tonight……devastating….Jeff was the consummate skilled……all the time on level and all the time first-class,” Houston wrote. “Ideas and prayers exit to his household. All of Prate [sic] Nation mourns with you. We Love you Jeff.”
Phillip Rogers, ECU chancellor, additionally expressed his condolences to Charles’ household.
“If you understand [ECU Athletics], you understand Jeff Charles. His [Pirate] satisfaction was evident on each broadcast and in each sport,” Rogers posted to Twitter. “He will likely be vastly missed. Sending prayers to the Charles household.”
Charles was named the North Carolina Sportscaster of the 12 months in 2000 and 2014 by the Nationwide Sportscasters and Sportswriters Affiliation, in keeping with the college.
An American Athletic Convention brand throughout a sport between the Tulsa Golden Hurricane and the Cincinnati Bearcats Feb. 1, 2023, at Fifth Third Enviornment in Cincinnati. (Ian Johnson/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Pictures)
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The sport between the 2 colleges from the American Athletic Convention has but to be rescheduled
