Chuck Amato
American · 80 years old · Died 19 October 2026
NC State head football coach and Florida State assistant under Bobby Bowden
Cause of death
Throat cancer
Chuck Amato was an American college football coach who played linebacker for NC State in the 1960s and later led the Wolfpack as head coach from 2000 to 2006, including an 11-3 season in 2002. Before that he was a long-serving assistant to Bobby Bowden at Florida State, which won national titles in 1993 and 1999. He died under hospice care at his home in Raleigh at the age of 80 after battling throat cancer, according to ESPN and NC State.
How common is cancer (all types)?
Chuck Amato died of throat cancer. Globally, cancer (all types) kills 10,000,000 people every year. That is 27,397 per day, or roughly one person every 3 seconds. It accounts for 16% of all deaths worldwide.
Deaths / year
10,000,000
Deaths / day
27,397
Deaths / hour
1,142
Deaths / second
0.32
Share of all global deaths
Risk factors for cancer (all types)
Since Chuck Amato died
Live count since 19 October 2026
Total deaths worldwide since then
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Deaths from same cause since then
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