Illness & Passing
The 1990 spring rowing season saw Charlie becoming increasingly bothered by illness. It was discovered not long after that he was suffering from acute leukemia. Charlie continued to coach into the fall of 1991, but saw his energy, but not spirit, begin to fade. Even once bed ridden Charlie still entertained visitors in the form of past and current W-L team members (who still came to do yard work for the family even after his retirement), associates from PBC, friends, and family. It was with great sadness that word was sent out of his passing in the early spring of 1992.
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