NFL-Player Reggie White died

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Koing

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RIP

How crazy is it to have a heart attack at 43?

Best wishes go out to his family :(

Koing
 

NFS4

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Originally posted by: Mwilding
He was a great role model except for that one remark...

That "one" remark? My dad was talking to me about that when I told him he died. I'm not a big football fan, but my dad told me that a reporter asked him what he thought about homosexuality and he said that he thought it was an abomination (this coming from a minister).

My dad said, they asked him his opinion, he told it, then they chastised him for it.
 

Crucial

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Sara White confirmed her husband's death, saying that she believes White died of respiratory failure related to his sleep apnea.
 

poopaskoopa

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Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: Mwilding
He was a great role model except for that one remark...

That "one" remark? My dad was talking to me about that when I told him he died. I'm not a big football fan, but my dad told me that a reporter asked him what he thought about homosexuality and he said that he thought it was an abomination (this coming from a minister).

My dad said, they asked him his opinion, he told it, then they chastised him for it.


I thought it was one afternoon where he made a speech in which he went on to stereotype many ethnicities. That day forced CBS to not hire him as its TV analyst, I believe.
 

zbalat

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Originally posted by: poopaskoopa
Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: Mwilding
He was a great role model except for that one remark...

That "one" remark? My dad was talking to me about that when I told him he died. I'm not a big football fan, but my dad told me that a reporter asked him what he thought about homosexuality and he said that he thought it was an abomination (this coming from a minister).

My dad said, they asked him his opinion, he told it, then they chastised him for it.


I thought it was one afternoon where he made a speech in which he went on to stereotype many ethnicities. That day forced CBS to not hire him as its TV analyst, I believe.

This is what he said:

We always should look at the situation and ask ourselves a question. Why did God create us differently? Why did God make me black and you white? Why did God make the next guy Korean and the next guy Asian and the other guy Hispanic? Why did God create the Indians?

Well, it's interesting to me to know why now. When you look at the black race, black people are very gifted in what we call worship and celebration. A lot of us like to dance, and if you go to black churches, you see people jumping up and down, because they really get into it.

White people were blessed with the gift of structure and organization. You guys do a good job of building businesses and things of that nature and you know how to tap into money pretty much better than a lot of people do around the world.

Hispanics are gifted in family structure. You can see a Hispanic person and they can put 20 or 30 people in one home. They were gifted in the family structure.

When you look at the Asians, the Asian is very gifted in creation, creativity and inventions. If you go to Japan or any Asian country, they can turn a television into a watch. They're very creative. And you look at the Indians, they have been very gifted in the spirituality.


God bless him. He went too young
 

dbk

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GoPackGo

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I had tears in my eyes when I first heard.

Reggie brought a lot of heart and soul to the Packers.

He also helped Brett Favre become a better leader and in my opinion, a better a man.

Even though he would normally have to wait one more year to be inducted, he should be inducted this year into the Hall of Fame.

May God lift up his soul to Heaven. Maybe he and Ray can sack some QBs of long ago.
 

Rudee

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Originally posted by: Koing
RIP

How crazy is it to have a heart attack at 43?


One of the most fit people who worked out at the gym I go to died of a heart attack a week before Xmas at a ripe old age of 38. He had single digit bodyfat, ran marathons, but apparently it didn't matter.

 

z0mb13

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May 19, 2002
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whoa 43!!

that sucks

u guys think steroid use caused the early death? (that is if he did use steroids)



 

CtK

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Feb 22, 2001
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R.I.P. Reggie White you were one of a kind!!

and why the hell does ESPN have Manning featured instead of Reggie Whites death??

EDIT: eh nevermind they changed it
 

aplefka

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Haven't read the whole thread past the OP (so not at all basically). I just figured it was steroids. He was a decent guy, it's too bad.
 

Mr N8

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RIP, Reggie. :(

Thanks for the Superbowl win, and the great life you lived!
 

Tylanner

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Looks like it was a lung complication, not a Heart Attack.

"White most likely had a condition that affected the amount of air his lungs could hold, resulting in "fatal cardiac arrhythmia," said Dr. Mike Sullivan, the medical examiner for Mecklenburg County and a forensic pathologist."Text