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Former N.C. State star Charles dies in bus crash
CBS Sports ^
| June 27, 2011
| Matt Norlander
Posted on 06/27/2011 6:08:15 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
He was why "they won it! ... On the dunk!"
Former North Carolina State star Lorenzo Charles was on the receiving end of Dereck Whittenburg's desperation heave at the end of the 1983 national title game. His deft dunk put the Wolfpack over the top of favored Houston, giving Jim Valvano and N.C. State the unexpected national championship.
Monday afternoon, Charles, 47, was killed in a bus accident in Raleigh, N.C. Charles was the driver of the bus, according to the Associated Press. There were no other injuries, as it was a one-vehicle accident.
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Safe to say one of the most famous scenes in sports history.
To: ConservativeStatement
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06/27/2011 6:10:49 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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06/27/2011 6:33:16 PM PDT
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Galtoid
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To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
06/27/2011 6:34:43 PM PDT
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OrangeHoof
(Obama: The Dr. Kevorkian of the American economy.)
To: ConservativeStatement
Indeed R.I.P and prayers for his family. But .... When it's YOUR time, it's YOUR time....
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06/27/2011 6:38:36 PM PDT
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ExSoldier
("Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil: It has no point.")
To: ConservativeStatement
Very sad. RIP Mr. Charles
I wonder if that was the wreck on the ramp in Cary off I-40. They were warning people to avoid the area this afternoon.
A bus had gone over the side and rolled. News crew said the driver was the only one on the bus.
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06/27/2011 6:46:37 PM PDT
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kalee
(The offenses we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
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To: ConservativeStatement
Aw man, I always got the impression that Lorenzo was a good guy.
RIP Mr. Charles. I will never forget his last second dunk which IMO was the best NCAA championship game ever played.
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06/27/2011 7:26:22 PM PDT
by
Free Vulcan
(Vote Republican! You can vote Democrat when you're dead.)
To: martin_fierro; Free Vulcan; kalee
Thank you for the ping.
I was 12 years old when NC State won the championship. As I recall, many of the tournament games were played on the West Coast. So, living here in North Carolina, I had to stay up later than normal to watch them with my parents.
Nearly all of the games were right down to the wire, earning the team the nickname the "Cardiac Pack". No one thought they could beat Houston's "Phi Slamma Jamma" and it seemed like a miracle when they pulled it off.
As Free Vulcan said, I think this was the greatest championship game in NCAA history.
R.I.P. Lorenzo.
Surely Jimmy V is giving you a hug up in Heaven right now.
To: ConservativeStatement
So very sad. I was in school at the same time and our paths crossed quite a bit so I spoke with Lorenzo often as we walked across campus to classes. Such an intimidating figure yet he was truly humble, soft spoken and big-hearted. The kind of guy who would go out of his way to help someone. We will miss you Big LoC43. Jimmy V will be there to greet you though.
RIP
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