NORTHRIDGE, California (Ticker) -- Los Angeles Lakers broadcaster Chick Hearn died Monday evening, three days after suffering a brain injury in a fall at his home. He was 85.

The Hall of Fame broadcaster underwent a pair of surgeries Saturday to alleviate brain hemorrhaging but he remained in a coma and doctors termed his condition "beyond critical" earlier Monday.

The end came Monday evening and the public announcement of his death was littered by team personnel, including general manager Mitch Kupchak and legend Elgin Baylor.

"This is not a good day for Laker fans ... quite simply, he was the best," Kupchak said.

"Chick was a wonderful person," Baylor said. "He was a compassionate and lovable person who really cared about people. It's a real tremendous loss. He'll be with us in spirit. It was just wonderful knowing him and his family."

Hearn underwent surgery Saturday at Northridge Hospital Medical Center to relieve intercranial bleeding in his cranium. The second alleviated a blood clot in his brain.

Taban said at that time that Hearn's prognosis was "not good."

Paramedics rushed to Hearn's home in Encino shortly before 8 p.m. EDT on Friday after his wife, Marge, and neighbors saw him fall in his yard.

This was the latest in a series of health problems Hearn has suffered in recent months. He underwent heart surgery last December and hip surgery in March, but returned in time to broadcast the Lakers' playoff run to their third straight NBA title.

Hearn's streak of broadcasting 3,338 games over 36 years ended when he missed a contest against the Houston Rockets on December 20 to undergo heart surgery to repair a blocked aortic valve.

In his 42nd year behind the microphone, Hearn became just the third broadcaster inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1991. His remarkable streak of Lakers' games began on November 20, 1965.

Hearn has been a part of nine championships. Some of the Lakers stars whose games he has described are Baylor, Jerry West, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, James Worthy, Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant.

"He created an interest, a following, he made it so exciting," Baylor said. "He was a man of compassion, he loved people, he enjoyed life to the fullest."

Hearn is survived by his wife, Marge.