BRETT FAVRE'S FATHER DIES

NFL.com ^ | 12.21.2003 | AP

[ServesURight]

Favre's father dies

NFL.com wire reports

KILN, Miss. (Dec. 21, 2003) -- Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre's father died Sunday, Dec. 21, of a heart attack or a stroke while he was driving, Mississippi state police said. Irvin Favre was 58.

Favre went off the road at 5:23 p.m. near Kiln, the hometown of Brett, a three-time NFL most valuable player. Irvin Favre ran into a ditch, said Sgt. Joe Gazzo of 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.

An autopsy will be performed Monday, Dec. 22.

"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."

Favre's status for Monday night's crucial game against the Oakland Raiders would be determined Monday, Green Bay spokesman Aaron Popkey said from San Francisco.

"Our thoughts are with Brett and his family," Popkey said.

Favre has started 204 consecutive games, including playoffs, an NFL record for quarterbacks. The Packers trail Minnesota by a half-game in the NFC North.

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[ServesURight]

Prayers to Favre and his family. The Raiders game pales in comparison to the death of a loved one.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Very sad. Favre's father made him into what he is now.

[Chris Tucker]

One the greatest quarterbacks of all time, maybe a shade or two below Montana and Unitas.

I'd hate to be in the Raiders' secondary tomorrow. I think Favre will play, this is what his father would want, for Favre to go out and do his thing.

[doug from upland]

My dad died of a heart attack at the same age. It's been about 25 years, and I still really do miss him. I thank him and my dearly departed mom everyday for the values they taught me.

I'm 55 and my full body scan came out just fine. No heart disease. No clogging of the pipes. I guess it helps to not have ingested animal fat since 1991.

[Chapita]

Drank a lot of beer with Irvin when he was the football coach at Hancock North Central. He was truly a nice guy!

[Old Professer]

Bad genes often skip generations.

[doug from upland]

My grandfather died at the same age also.

[luvbach1]

I'm 5 years older than my dad got to be. Weird to be older than my dad.

[Old Professer]

I'm 14 past his "passing."

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Weird to be older than my dad.

I'm within a couple of years of that. You think of Dad's experience, and you realize that in a different time you have the same amount of experience. And you realize that he was muddling through, same as you are.