Charlotte legend Lynn Wheeler dies at 80 WSOC TV [Video]

CHARLOTTE — Longtime city councilmember and Charlotte legend Lynn Wheeler died on Saturday at the age of 80.

She’s credited with bringing the Spectrum Center to Uptown. In her 14 years on Charlotte’s City Council, she undoubtedly helped morph the city into the bustling community it is today.

On her birthday on Thursday, she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Her friend Matthew Ridenhour told our partners at the Charlotte Observer she died just two days later.

“She loved Charlotte through and through,” said Ridenhour, a former Mecklenburg County commissioner who Wheeler coached as he first ran for public office himself. “She loved this city and wanted to see it become the best Charlotte it could be. She liked to be that whip for votes because she was very effective with connecting with people.”