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.”