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.

Pete Medhurst, longtime voice of the Navy Midshipmen on the Navy Radio Network and WBAL Radio and one of the best radio play-by-play announcers in all of sports, died Monday night after a brave and inspirational battle against brain cancer.

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.