The longtime WGHP sportscaster — who I first watched on WRAL in Raleigh while I was in high school —-died of a heart attack Monday night.

Brenner was attending the American Red Cross’s second annual “Salute to Heroes” event at the Carolina Theatre in Greensboro when he collapsed. One of the heroes being honored was Greensboro Fire Captain Will Caviness, who died after he collapsed while running the Chicago Marathon.