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VIEW FROM THE EASTJeff Charles, ‘The Voice,’ has died

February 10, 2023 By Al Myatt 2 Comments

Jeff Charles, the longtime voice of East Carolina football and basketball, died suddenly in New Orleans on Friday.

Charles was scheduled to describe the action as the Pirates visited Tulane for a basketball game on Saturday. The matchup will be rescheduled in deference to his passing at age 70.

Charles called his 1,000th ECU basketball game earlier this season. He came to ECU in 1988 from Virginia Tech. Charles had worked previously in broadcasting at Illinois and Furman.

Jeff Charles (left), interviewing East Carolina alumnus and then-Baltimore Raven fullback and Super Bowl XLVII champion Vonta Leach, at halftime of an ECU home basketball game on Feb. 13, 2013. (File photo by W.A. Myatt)

The Piqua, OH, native was North Carolina Sportscaster of the Year in 2000 and 2014.

His trademark phrase when an ECU victory was assured was ‘”you can paint this one purple.”

Charles had a passion for weightlifting and riding his motorcycle. He survived a battle with cancer after a diagnosis in December of 2012.

WITN reported that a source indicated that Charles succumbed to a heart attack.

“Jeff was the consummate professional,” tweeted ECU football coach Mike Houston. “He was always on point and always first class.”

Charles was a contributing writer for Bonesville in the early days of the website.

He hosted radio programming in addition to his play-by-play duties.

Charles was recognized as an honorary alumnus of ECU in the fall of 2015.


JEFF CHARLES, ‘THE VOICE,’ HAS DIED
BUSY OFFSEASON FOR HOUSTON
TOWERING LINEMAN NEOLIAN STILL HONING SKILLS
THE NEW AMERICAN: NORTH TEXAS
ECU RALLY FALLS SHORT AT USF
MORE HELP IS ON THE WAY TO ECU SECONDARY
PORTER LEADS SHOCKERS PAST PIRATES
THE NEW AMERICAN: FAU
PIRATES RALLY PAST TULSA TO SNAP LOSING STREAK
PORTAL DELIVERS BLUE CHIPPER RARA DILLWORTH
THE NEW AMERICAN: CHARLOTTE
OWLS PULL AWAY FROM ECU IN SECOND HALF
PIRATES TAP TRANSFER PORTAL FOR MORE TALENT
SMALL MATTER COSTLY IN ECU LOSS
THE NEW AMERICAN: UAB
THE NEW AMERICAN: FAU
PIRATES RALLY PAST TULSA TO SNAP LOSING STREAK
PORTAL DELIVERS BLUE CHIPPER RARA DILLWORTH
THE NEW AMERICAN: CHARLOTTE
OWLS PULL AWAY FROM ECU IN SECOND HALF
PIRATES TAP TRANSFER PORTAL FOR MORE TALENT
SMALL MATTER COSTLY IN ECU LOSS
THE NEW AMERICAN: UAB

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Comments

  1. John Wimmer says

    February 11, 2023 at 10:41 am

    Tremendous loss. I feel like I’ve lost a close friend

    Reply
  2. Sportsdon says

    February 12, 2023 at 9:20 am

    I moved to Greenville in 1989. This is like Warner Brothers losing Mel Blanc. The game will never sound the same.

    Reply

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