# Bears Defensive End, Gaines Adams reportedly dead. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 17, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-defensive-end-gaines-adams-reportedly-dead/525330 "2010-01-17T17:06:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-defensive-end-gaines-adams-reportedly-dead/525330/1 "2010-01-17T17:06:00Z")
[USA Today](http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2010/01/bears-de-gaines-adams-former-bucs-no-1-pick-dies-at-26/1) No word on cause of death. He was 26. Coronor says he appeared to have been “in good health.” ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-defensive-end-gaines-adams-reportedly-dead/525330/2 "2010-01-17T17:12:21Z")
That’s a shame. On [nfl.com](http://nfl.com) there’s a blurb about it, mentioning only that he was experiencing “health issues” early this morning and died at the hospital. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-defensive-end-gaines-adams-reportedly-dead/525330/3 "2010-01-17T17:29:44Z")
Been a rough last few months with the NFL. ---
**Author:** ![Daedelus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Daedelus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daedelus)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-defensive-end-gaines-adams-reportedly-dead/525330/4 "2010-01-17T17:33:20Z")
This is sad news to hear. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-defensive-end-gaines-adams-reportedly-dead/525330/5 "2010-01-17T17:36:45Z")
That’s a shame. Wonder what the autopsy will show as the cause of death? Young guy, in good health, no mention of foul play… ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-defensive-end-gaines-adams-reportedly-dead/525330/6 "2010-01-17T18:35:30Z")
One of thew news service reports I saw said heart attack. Of course, that’s still a vague analysis of someone who is so young when they die. I was really shocked to read about this. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-defensive-end-gaines-adams-reportedly-dead/525330/7 "2010-01-18T08:54:01Z")
A nice little piece on him by John Romano, the St Pete Times columnist: [Gaines Adams: So much good went unseen](http://www.tampabay.com/sports/football/bucs/gaines-adams-so-much-good-went-unseen/1066210) > [@](#): > > I’m guessing you would have liked Gaines Adams if he had not been the No. 4 pick in the 2007 draft. > > You would have liked him if he had not walked in the door on the same day the Buccaneers told Simeon Rice to walk out, or if he had not been handed a $15 million signing bonus before he ever played a down in the NFL. > > I’m guessing you would have liked Gaines Adams if you had ever met him. > > For in the end, he was a better man than he was a football player. He was a quiet, decent, unassuming guy who would display pictures of his children in his locker, and disguise the frustrations of his job behind a wide grin. also [Gaines Adams: What they’re saying](http://www.tampabay.com/sports/football/bucs/gaines-adams-what-theyre-saying/1066235)