BEAVER COUNTY RADIO SPORTS ANNOUNCER KERRY LACEY HAS DIED. HE WAS 59. ACCORDING TO WBVP/WMBA SPORTS DIRECTOR BOB BARRICKMAN, LACEY WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT HERITAGE VALLEY BEAVER LATE LAST NIGHT. THE OFFICIAL CAUSE OF DEATH  IS PENDING AN AUTOPSY, HOWEVER DOCTORS AT THE MEDICAL CENTER SAY HE DIED FROM HEART FAILURE. LACEY HAS BEEN A SPORTS ANNOUNCER HERE AT THE RADIO STATION FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND HE WAS ALSO A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE IN THE TREASURER’S OFFICE AT THE BEAVER COUNTY COURTHOUSE. LACEY WAS A BEAVER COUNTY NATIVE. HE GREW UP IN INDUSTRY AND GRADUATED FROM WESTERN BEAVER HIGH SCHOOL IN 1976…AND HE MOST RECENTLY LIVED IN BEAVER. FUNERAL PLANS ARE INCOMPLETE AT THIS TIME. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS SON EVAN AND MOTHER BETTY. ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE STAFF HERE AT BEAVER COUNTY RADIO, OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THE LACEY FAMILY, AND OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH THEM.