Longtime Navy athletics broadcaster Pete Medhurst has died. He was 55. Navy’s athletic department, which spoke with Medhurst’s family, announced his death on social media Tuesday.

The longtime radio voice lost his brief battle with cancer. He had broadcast 240 consecutive Midshipmen football games until November.

Pete Medhurst, widely referred to has the 'Voice of Navy Athletics,' passed away on Jan. 20 after an ongoing battle with cancer. Following his shocking diagnosis last year, he underwent a surgery to remove a cancerous brain tumor.