American football player (1945-2015).
Born December 25th, 1945 in Foley.
Died July 8th, 2015 at 69 years old in Gulfport (colorectal cancer). [ref]
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks