MORE MOURNING. Another broadcasting legend has died. Charlie Jones, the deep-voiced sportscaster whose career as a play-by-play announcer spanned 38 years for ABC and NBC, has died. He was 77. Jones died of a heart attack Thursday at his home in the La Jolla district of San Diego. NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol called Charlie "one of the great pioneers of NBC Sports. His work in particular on the NFL, golf and the Olympics left a lasting legacy." NBC also lost Washington Bureau Chief and "Meet the Press" host Tim Russert.