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Pitt National Champion and Oakland 'icon' Chas Bonasorte dies

Chas Bonasorte
Chas Bonasorte
University of Pittsburgh

Former Pitt football player Charles Bonasorte, known as the Kamikaze Kid, died Friday.

"Chas" was a member of the Panthers 1976 national championship team and went on to own the Pittsburgh Stop, a popular kiosk in Oakland.


Pitt's official campus store described Bonasorte in a social media post as "a fixture in Oakland and a Panther icon".

Bonasorte was 70.

Pitt released a statement on its website, saying: "The University extends its deepest sympathies to all who knew and loved the Kamikaze Kid, who was as much a part of the Pittsburgh campus experience as the Victory Lights and Oakland Zoo."