Gerry Vaillancourt, a fast-talking sports radio fixture in the Queen City often known by the moniker “Gerry V,” died Sunday in Charlotte. He was 72.
The cause of death was a heart condition that Vaillancourt had been diagnosed with 25 years ago, his daughter, Kelly Vaillancourt, said.
“We never thought he’d get 25 more years after that diagnosis,” Kelly Vaillancourt said in an interview Sunday. “But he never did anything by the book. You never knew what you were in for each day with him, but you knew it was always going to be a good time.