I was through there about 5-10 minutes before it hapPened. Sad stuff.

6/27/2011 9:56:11 PM

I thought he died like 6 years ago

6/27/2011 10:08:51 PM

I thought he died like 6 years ago

6/27/2011 10:08:51 PM

6/27/2011 10:42:05 PM

6/27/2011 10:44:26 PM

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"i stopped by cueva to grab some takeout and some random dude at the bar was showing some pics he took on his phone, apparently he and one other dude were the first on scene and called the cops...he was telling me about trying to get to the guy trapped inside, crazy stuff. i didnt think much of it at the time until i sat in the parking lot on I-40 and had time to put two and two together"

This is one of my really good friends...I haven't talked to him yet but according to his facebook he is REALLY shaken up about all this. I can't imagine having to deal with all that.

6/27/2011 11:33:52 PM

Stealing this from Sport's Talk:

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"Most people say I was the guy who was in the right place at the right time," Charles says nearly a quarter century after the most famous put-back in NCAA Tournament history. "Actually, I was in the wrong place at the right time, because as an offensive rebounder, the particular position I was standing in when Dereck (Whittenburg) shot the ball was the wrong place to be. "I was standing under the cylinder, which is exactly where you don't want to be if you are going to be a decent offensive rebounder."

Some other good quotes in this article:
https://www.nmnathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9200&ATCLID=204889267

Quote :

"He used to try to dunk everything,'' Valvano once said of the player who eventually evolved into an All-ACC and All-America selection. "I mean everything. A little child walked by, and he tried to dunk him."

6/28/2011 10:05:05 AM

LOL at the second quote

Still, the real life relations in this thread make this even sadder

6/28/2011 10:15:37 AM

egyeyes, do you have any kind of an update on your manager friend? Is she doing okay?

6/28/2011 10:17:51 AM

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"OMG Lorenzo is my manager's boyfriend"

I hope her name is Theresa

thats his wife's name

6/28/2011 5:13:40 PM

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"Valvano's brother, Nick Valvano, said he remembers when his brother recruited Charles. "I remember him telling my mom, 'I got this Italian kid from Brooklyn. His name is Lorenzo Charles. I'd like you to meet him,'" Nick Valvano said laughing. "Here comes the biggest man in the world with this great big beautiful smile." Valvano, who is the chief executive of the Jimmy V Foundation, said Charles' image was to appear on the front of invitations for the charity's annual auction. The invitations arrived from the printer on Friday. "We were going to tell him as a surprise. I told the folks here, and they said, 'Oh my God, he'll love it,'" Valvano said. "It's not fair.""

6/28/2011 5:20:12 PM

^I'm one of the auction chairs

Not fair at all

6/28/2011 5:24:44 PM

I'm surprised no one has brought up a heart attack as the reason he wrecked.

RIP Lorenzo

6/28/2011 5:30:06 PM

i'm gonna leave that out, it's been a deathy year for me so far. you kids don't deserve that

6/28/2011 5:30:13 PM

theres enough frowny faces to go around

now the crying faces on the other hand....

6/28/2011 5:32:12 PM

^^ as long as we're going down that road, everyone you have ever known will die, too. as well as everyone you will ever meet

[Edited on June 28, 2011 at 5:32 PM. Reason : ^]

6/28/2011 5:32:31 PM

hey, no disrespect intended... but i'm assuming he got a diploma, right???

did he just REALLY LOVE driving a bus or something??? i couldn't imagine having a degree from NCSU for 25 years and be a bus driver. maybe a pilot, that would be rad.... but bus driver doesn't seem fun or well-paying

6/28/2011 5:33:44 PM

My dad has a chemistry degree and drives tour buses on the side sometimes....he absolutely loves driving, loves new places, and loves to talk to people. So its pretty awesome for him.

[Edited on June 28, 2011 at 5:35 PM. Reason : ^Lorenzo also owned a transportation company (limos, buses, etc)]

6/28/2011 5:34:53 PM

My great uncle drove tour buses for a while. He was retired and had plenty of money.

6/28/2011 5:35:29 PM

word, i did not realize that there were so many people that chose to drive buses. I guess if I could do whatever I wanted all day, it wouldn't be drive other people.

that sucks, though. all around good guy.

6/28/2011 5:41:37 PM

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"hey, no disrespect intended... but i'm assuming he got a diploma, right??? did he just REALLY LOVE driving a bus or something??? i couldn't imagine having a degree from NCSU for 25 years and be a bus driver. maybe a pilot, that would be rad.... but bus driver doesn't seem fun or well-paying"

I actually worked with Lorenzo about 11 years ago. Delivering drugs to pharmacies. He was there early...Like 5:00 a.m. or something to load the trucks. I thought it must have been incredibly frustrating for him considering how exciting his basketball career must have been.

He seemed incredibly fit for his age and pretty well-spoken, so I was always surprised he wasn't offered a career in sports. Broadcaster, promotor, salesperson, anything would have been a better fit than what he was doing. Maybe he didn't want or pursue that type of thing though. You never really know people's motivations.

RIP Lorenzo.

[Edited on June 28, 2011 at 6:06 PM. Reason : l]

6/28/2011 6:04:23 PM

Quote :

"OMG Lorenzo is my manager's boyfriend"

Quote :

"Charles lived in Wake Forest with his wife, Theresa Charles."

One of these things is not like the other...

6/29/2011 8:22:04 AM

^ and we'll probably never hear the truth from egyeyes

6/29/2011 9:17:32 AM

I won't lie, I'm super curious.

6/29/2011 10:38:08 AM

i saw something today that made me sad

i was driving on I-40 and at the scene of an accident (very noticeable because of the big patch of missing vegetation) there was a limo pulled over

in front of the limo the driver was standing, alone, looking down at his shoes

i know Lorenzo did some limo driving too, bet it was one of his buddies

ugh

6/29/2011 11:01:50 AM

Quote :

"Lorenzo also owned a transportation company (limos, buses, etc)"

6/29/2011 11:03:22 AM

ah, word

[Edited on June 29, 2011 at 11:05 AM. Reason : d]

6/29/2011 11:05:00 AM

yeah really

(like the movies where the new girl is at the will reading)

[Edited on June 29, 2011 at 11:06 AM. Reason : YOU EDITED]

6/29/2011 11:05:43 AM

^^^^

Quote :

"OMG Lorenzo is my manager's boyfriend"

Quote :

"Charles lived in Wake Forest with his wife, Theresa Charles."

[Edited on June 29, 2011 at 11:06 AM. Reason : ^^^]

6/29/2011 11:06:08 AM

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"settledown"

, that's so sad

6/29/2011 3:34:31 PM

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"word, i did not realize that there were so many people that chose to drive buses. I guess if I could do whatever I wanted all day, it wouldn't be drive other people. that sucks, though. all around good guy. "

i mean i dont imagine youd be willing to soil your hands dumping trash either, but people make an excellent living off it. Diplomas dont relegate you to sitting at a desk for the rest of your life. What do you do again? O yea, youre a pharmacist.

[Edited on June 29, 2011 at 7:10 PM. Reason : x]

6/29/2011 7:09:55 PM

what's up with this?

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"egyeyes YOU 4774 Posts user info edit post OMG Lorenzo is my manager's boyfriend omg she was just telling me a week ago about the story of how they met years ago "

vs

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"Charles, whose last-second dunk led N.C. State to the national basketball championship in 1983, had just begun his workday and was en route to Durham on Monday, when the accident occurred, his wife said. A funeral for Charles will take place Saturday at Wake Chapel Church in Raleigh. Visitation begins at 10 a.m. before the 11 a.m. service. A private burial will follow, his wife said. Read more: http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/06/30/1310864/charles-was-not-buckled-prior.html#ixzz1QlKcMVoB"

6/30/2011 8:37:53 AM

Something tells me she's staying out of this thread.

6/30/2011 8:43:33 AM

sometimes you just say too much

6/30/2011 9:48:20 AM

apparently wasn't wearing his seat belt

6/30/2011 11:44:10 AM

how'd you guess that????

6/30/2011 11:46:57 AM

i didnt read that he got ejected

6/30/2011 12:14:32 PM

Quote :

"i saw something today that made me sad i was driving on I-40 and at the scene of an accident (very noticeable because of the big patch of missing vegetation) there was a limo pulled over in front of the limo the driver was standing, alone, looking down at his shoes i know Lorenzo did some limo driving too, bet it was one of his buddies ugh"

that's sad.

7/1/2011 10:59:39 PM