Reggie White Dead at 43

[moe.ron]

Link to the Story

Wow

[PhiPsiRuss]

[DeltAlum]

An absolute shock!

[Jill1228]

My husband told me this morning and my first reponse was "Shut up and stop lying!" This is too sad. He was one hell of a guy!

[honeychile]

How terribly sad, especially during the Holiday Season. My prayers are with his family.

[sigtau305]

[AnchorAlum]

Very sad stuff. Many folks aren't aware of this, but the average life expectancy for a former NFL player is only 55 or so. This is one of the reasons why retired players can begin taking their pensions when they hit 45.

There is a steep price to pay for extreme physical pounding on your body, along with being so large, which turns to a tremendous liability if you don't lose the weight.

Apparently he suffered from sleep apnea, which is common among those who are large or overweight. What a good man he was, and how sad for his children and his wife.

[KSigkid]

Absolutely unreal - there's talk that it was due to sleep apnea (a very scary condition if it goes untreated).

Completely a shock, my prayers go out to his friends and family. I remember watching him as one of the most dominant defensive players ever. Crazy to think that he has now passed on.

[Honeykiss1974]

How sad indeed. Not to mention how great he was off the field as well with all the work he with his youth ministry.

[tinydancer]

How sad - he was a good man.

[AlphaGamDiva]

how sad......

[bsp-mich24]

Sending prays out to his family and friends.

[NutBrnHair]

R. White's Death Might Have Had Several Factors
Preliminary Report Says NFL Legend Died From Lung Ailment
By PAUL NOWELL, AP Sports

NFL great Reggie White may have died because of a respiratory disease combined with other health problems, a preliminary autopsy report said Monday.

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.

The report issued by Sullivan's office also said sleep apnea may have been a factor.

The report is a preliminary one; determining a final cause of death could take up to three months, Sullivan's office said.

White died Sunday at Presbyterian Hospital in Huntersville after being taken there from his home in nearby Cornelius. His wife, Sara, called 911.

White had the disease, known as sarcoidosis, for several years, family spokesman Keith Johnson said Sunday. He described it as a respiratory ailment that affected his sleep.

[IowaStatePhiPsi]

Ah yes, Reggie White. Very interesting social-conservative character. At least he and his wife wont be urging Americans to support discrimination anymore.

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.

As America has permitted homosexuality to establish itself as an alternate lifestyle, it is also reeling from the frightening spread of sexually transmitted disease. Sin begets its own consequence, both on individuals and nations.

Let me explain something when I'm talking about sin, and I'm talking about all sin. One of the biggest ones that has been talked about that has really become a debate in America is homosexuality.

Now, I believe that one of the reasons that Jesus was accused of being a homosexual is because he spent time with homosexuals. I've often had people ask me, would you allow a homosexual to be your friend. Yes, I will. And the reason I will is because I know that that person has problems, and if I can minister to those problems, I will.

But the Bible strictly speaks against it, and because the Bible speaks against it, we allow rampant sin including homosexuality and lying, and to me lying is just as bad as homosexuality, we've allowed this sin to run rampant in our nation, and because it has run rampant in our nation, our nation is in the condition it is today.

Sometimes when people talk about this sin they've been accused of being racist. I'm offended that homosexuals will say that homosexuals deserve rights. Any man in America deserves rights, but homosexuals are trying to compare their plight with the plight of black men or black people. In the process of history, homosexuals have never been castrated, millions of them never died. Homosexuality is a decision. It's not a race. And when you look at it, people from all different ethnic backgrounds are living this lifestyle, but people from all different ethnic backgrounds are also liars and cheaters and malicious and backstabbers.

We're in sin, and because this nation is in sin, god will judge it if we don't get it right.

http://www.holysmoke.org/sdhok/reggie.htm

[NutBrnHair]

Originally posted by IowaStatePhiPsi
Ah yes, Reggie White. Very interesting social-conservative character. At least he and his wife wont be urging Americans to support discrimination anymore.

I might not agree with everything he ever said, but he did a lot of good on & off the field. Now is a time to pay respects to his family & friends.