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People are just people, they do what they do best, their supicious and they speculate and they are just ignorant and just blatently lie. That's how folk are!!!!!!! God doesn't make any mistakes and it obviously it was his time. God is merciful and sometimes he will take us when we are ready. Death is always looked on as bad, terrible but to the believers, (Reggie was a believer)it is success; absent in the body is present with the Lord. That's the hope Reggie had. Spread That !!!! Marsha Boyce- Pgh PA.

I thimk its too soon to say that he died of a crack overdoes. Especially since he died this morning. As far as I know this is unsubstantiated.

It is completely unsubstantiated. He had no history of drug problems and no article anywhere on the internet has any mention of this. Any further attempts to add this back into the article without something to back it up should be removed. RADICALBENDER★ 19:59, Dec 26, 2004 (UTC)

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His untimely death is especially puzzling because, as a former athlete, one would naturally expect his health to be very good (certainly much better than the average citizen). Due to the bizarre circumstances regarding his death, some in the media and elsewhere have already began to speculate that he may have been using/abusing steroids or other drugs and this may have caused him ill health and contributed to his demise, but there is no known evidence to support these unsubstantiated (and somewhat outlandish) claims. The fact that he was a strict Chrisitan and an ordained minister seems to lay waste to thse claims, but as of the day of his death the facts are still unclear.

This needs cleaning up and reinsertion by someone who is more familiar than I with the story. -- Phyzome is Tim McCormack 02:10, 2004 Dec 27 (UTC)

This sounds more like commentary than encyclopedia. How about the current cause of death is unknown.

That should be exactly what's in there. It's unknown because it's unknown. Everyone just automatically assumes Len Bias these days and not Pete Maravich... RADICALBENDER★ 05:14, Dec 27, 2004 (UTC)

What is wrong with people? On the day a legend of the game dies, one of the greats, there are people here hypothesizing that he died from drugs or steroids or whatever. This is disgusting. It is not that uncommon for athletes to die young, often from heart problems previously undiagnosed. Reggie was a big guy and probably was not in perfect shape, that's much more likely to be a factor than drugs. People make me sick sometimes. A little respect for the dead would go a long way. Just after Christmas too. Amazing what some people will do when they think they're anonymous. Libertas

Contents 1 Free Agency 2 RE: Agree With Libertas 3 Any Asian people here? 4 Sleep Apnea 5 Fair use rationale for Image:In His Shadow bookcover.jpg 6 What's with all the Messianic Judaism stuff?

[edit] Free Agency

Reggie White was an integral part of forcing the NFL to re-evaluate its free agency system. That's the only reason he was able to leave Philadelphia for Green Bay. Something must be written to reflect that. There was also a Sports Illustrated cover story on the matter, if someone can find that image. --207.69.138.10 16:40, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Agree With Libertas

This is disgusting. How can you say that

it's because of drugs, based on the fact that it was a sudden death? Also, the drugs would have been found (especially crack). He was life flighted. In the little bit of time that took, his system wouldn't have cleared up.

Therefore, I definitely, do not believe,

Reggie White was, on drugs. C2 aaron 14:57, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

Need source - Iamhungey (talk) 00:05, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Any Asian people here?

I have a television I need turned into a watch. (rolls eyes) Taco Deposit | Talk-o to Taco 21:47, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Hey now, Rev. Reggie White rocks! If he was still alive and nearby, I'd attend his services w sermons like that! Sam Spade 00:50, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Sleep Apnea

He may have died partially from sleep apnea which often affects large muscular individuals. I included it in the article as it's known he did suffer from it and in the USA today source I put in the article states that the medical examiner says it may have played a part in his death. Here are some extra sources if it's doubted.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Hopefully it'll end those stupid drug rumors Iamhungey (talk) 18:50, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:In His Shadow bookcover.jpg

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[edit] What's with all the Messianic Judaism stuff?

None of it seems to be well-cited or documented and all of it comes across as somebody with an agenda trying to rewrite his biography to magnify what may either be a minor or completely non-existent part of his life story. It has almost nothing to do with his image on or off the field and I speak from personal experience as someone who closely followed his career and never once heard Messianic Judaism mentioned by him or anyone who knew him. Some higher level editor may want to consider removing the irrelevant material since I don't have the time to confirm or deny any of the references, but they seem very suspicious at just a casual glance. 68.229.184.37 (talk) 08:05, 18 December 2007 (UTC)