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Mount Suribachi
12-26-2004, 20:33
Wow.

Story (http://espn.go.com/classic/obit/s/2004/1226/1953400.html)

fan tributes (http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/mailbagESPN?event_id=6850)

One of the greatest players of all time and a class act off the field as well. You can't imagine many NFL players today setting up a shelter for the homeless in every city they play in AND paying for it themselves like Reggie did.
Hosakawa Tito
12-26-2004, 23:42
To die from sleep apnea, a very treatable condition, what a waste.
Hurin_Rules
12-28-2004, 20:57
Exactly how does one die of sleep apnea?

The first thing I thought of was Steroids, especially since some early media reports said it was a heart attack.
Hosakawa Tito
12-28-2004, 23:25
Some forms of sleep apnea cause one to stop breathing during sleep, sometimes hundreds of times a night. I read that they believe he also had a lung condition that kept that organ from absorbing/transfering oxygen properly, and combined with the sleep apnea caused him to go into cardiac arrest. http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6755927/