News about Irv Cross
According to researchers, Irv Cross died of stage four brain disease CTE when he died at age 81
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February 28, 2023
As he died in February 2021 at the age of 81, Irv Cross, the former NFL defensive back who became the first African American to work full time as a sports analyst on national television, was suffering from stage four CTE. There was no reason for death at the time, but his brain was donated to the Boston University CTE center, where they tested for the degenerative brain disease, which has been identified in several deceased former footballers who had battled dementia. Cross suffered from stage 4 chronic traumatic encephalopathy, according to researchers from the University.