Courtesy the Orange County Register

(July 16, 2010) KNX/1070 AM sportscaster and well-known radio and TV figure TV Chuck Madden died Friday morning. It was reported he had been recovering from recent strokes, but had also recently been diagnosed with leukemia. He was 61,

"Chuck's warm and personable style of sports reporting was heard most recently here on KNX - in fact, he's worked at the station twice in his career as well as other top Los Angeles stations, including KABC, KMPC, and Fox Sports Radio," said KNX/KFWB Program Director Andy Ludlum in a press release.

Listeners knew Madden for his sports and feature reporting on KABC-AM's "Ken Minyard and Peter Tilden Show," and for feature stories on the "Peter Tilden and Tracey Miller Show" on the old KMPC-AM. He moved to KNX in 1999 to sit in for the retiring Fred Gallagher, and eventually got a full-time sports job there. In later years, he did acting and voice-overs, including a recent appearance on the TV show "Criminal Minds." There was no immediate word on services.

Before he came to the Southern California airwaves, Madden had worked for stations in Dallas, San Jose and Monterey, according to a report on KNX.com. He also worked for awhile as an NBA correspondent for the BBC, the station reported.

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