with Tom Werme broadcasting Southern Conference Football for Fox Sports South. Personal life Wyche and his wife, Jane, had two children, Zak and Kerry, and six grandchildren. He was a private pilot for many years. He also enjoyed golf, tennis, jogging and riding his Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Wyche underwent a biopsy on lymph nodes in his chest in 2000. His left Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve was severed during the procedure, leaving his voice consistently hoarse and scratchy. From 2004 to 2006, he was a volunteer at Pickens High School in South Carolina as a public speaker. He was an amateur magician. Wyche's brother, Bubba, was a quarterback at Tennessee and in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and World Football League (WFL). On September 9, 2016, Wyche was admitted to the Carolinas Medical Center's Dickson Heart Unit in Charlotte, North Carolina, awaiting a heart transplant due to congestive heart failure. Three days later, a heart was found, and on September 13, Wyche underwent a 4.5-hour transplant operation. Wyche was diagnosed with melanoma in 2019 and died at his home in Pickens, South Carolina, on January 2, 2020, three days short of his 75th birthday. Political career On November 4, 2008, Wyche secured a seat on the County Council for Pickens County, South Carolina. Running as a member of the Republican Party, Wyche defeated Democrat Wesley Burbage for the Pickens seat, by a margin of 6,478 votes to 1,639. See also List of American Football League players List of Furman University people References 1945 births 2020 deaths American football quarterbacks College football announcers Buffalo Bills coaches Buffalo Bills players Cincinnati Bengals coaches Cincinnati Bengals head coaches Cincinnati Bengals players Continental Football League players Detroit Lions players Deaths from cancer in South Carolina Deaths from liver cancer Furman Paladins football players Indiana Hoosiers football coaches National Football League announcers San Francisco 49ers coaches South Carolina Gamecocks football coaches St. Louis Cardinals (football) players Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coaches Washington Redskins players High school football coaches in South Carolina University of South Carolina alumni Players of American football from Atlanta South Carolina Republicans County council members in South Carolina American Football League players People from Pickens, South Carolina Businesspeople from South Carolina