Favre dies during car accident
Father of Packers' QB suffered heart attack or stroke
Associated Press
Posted: Dec. 21, 2003
Kiln, Miss. - The father of Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre died Sunday due to a heart attack or stroke while he was driving, Mississippi state police reported.
Irvin Favre, 58, went off the road at 5:23 p.m. near Kiln, the home town of Brett Favre, and ran into a ditch, said Sgt. Joe Gazzo with the Mississippi State Highway Patrol.
"It didn't appear that the accident was serious enough to cause him to be unconscious, so that leads us to believe that a medical condition was what caused him to go off the road," Gazzo said.
Irvin Favre was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m., Gazzo said.
An autopsy will be performed Monday but the preliminary reports indicated that he died of a heart attack or stroke, Gazzo said.
"First, the witnesses, then the ambulance, and then at the hospital they tried to revive him," Gazzo said.
"It's going to be a great loss to the community, he was a great guy," said Gazzo, who, like many in this tight-knit area of southern Mississippi, said he knew the Favres.
Favre's status for Monday night's crucial game against the Raiders in Oakland will be determined Monday, Green Bay Packers spokesman Aaron Popkey said from San Francisco.
"Our thoughts are with Brett and his family," Popkey said.
Favre has started 204 consecutive games, an NFL record for quarterbacks.
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Father of Packers' QB suffered heart attack or stroke
Associated Press
Posted: Dec. 21, 2003
Kiln, Miss. - The father of Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre died Sunday due to a heart attack or stroke while he was driving, Mississippi state police reported.
Irvin Favre, 58, went off the road at 5:23 p.m. near Kiln, the home town of Brett Favre, and ran into a ditch, said Sgt. Joe Gazzo with the Mississippi State Highway Patrol.
"It didn't appear that the accident was serious enough to cause him to be unconscious, so that leads us to believe that a medical condition was what caused him to go off the road," Gazzo said.
Irvin Favre was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m., Gazzo said.
An autopsy will be performed Monday but the preliminary reports indicated that he died of a heart attack or stroke, Gazzo said.
"First, the witnesses, then the ambulance, and then at the hospital they tried to revive him," Gazzo said.
"It's going to be a great loss to the community, he was a great guy," said Gazzo, who, like many in this tight-knit area of southern Mississippi, said he knew the Favres.
Favre's status for Monday night's crucial game against the Raiders in Oakland will be determined Monday, Green Bay Packers spokesman Aaron Popkey said from San Francisco.
"Our thoughts are with Brett and his family," Popkey said.
Favre has started 204 consecutive games, an NFL record for quarterbacks.
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