more on James Dungy
Originally posted at 12:29pm
TBO.com has a bit more info on the circumstances of James Dungy’s death.
NFL.com has more background info, as does the Indianapolis Star.
In addition to Indianapolis Colts head coach, Tony Dungy is leader of All Pro Dad. They also invite you to send your thoughts to the family. Football fans are also letting their feelings known on bulletin boards of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and on the Indianapolis Colts.
Update 3:48pm: The Schnitt Show just posted a link to James Dungy’s myspace spot, and the St. Pete Times has more too.
Update 4:13 PM 12/23/05 As was said in the comments, Dungy’s myspace profile has been taken down.
James Dungy’s funeral will be open to the public and will give everyone their chance to support the Dungy family in their time of need. Expect more than a few NFL players and coaches to attend.
The viewing will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Wilson Funeral Home, 3000 N. 29th St. in Tampa. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Idlewild Baptist Church, 18371 N. Dale Mabry Highway, with burial at Garden of Memories Cemetery.
There has been a wide amount of commentary from around the country about the passing of James Dungy and the loss. Tampa is the epicenter of the loss and One Buccaneer Place has many players expressing grief. The Times also has a small sampling of quotes from around the country.
More to come.
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December 22nd, 2005 at 8:03 pm
“Dick Bailey, office manager for the medical examiner said an autopsy wasn’t immediately done because the family wanted to donate tissue and organs…”
It says a lot that at this time they would think of others.
December 23rd, 2005 at 3:35 am
For what it’s worth, it looks like MySpace took down his page.
December 23rd, 2005 at 3:15 pm
Amazing how people like that don’t have a clue how good they have it and how many second chances they can get in life. James had the wealth and the family support to take dozens of different approaches to life if the current approach didn’t seem so grand. Sometimes you have to show a little patience with life. Maybe it would have taken another 20 years to find himself… then he would be in line for 40 very enjoyable years after that. This was the pattern in my life. I finally figured it out at around age 39 and things have been basically great since. He should have given himself more of a chance.
December 24th, 2005 at 6:16 pm
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December 24th, 2005 at 11:43 pm
This is a can of worms related to all this and maybe a few people will be angry with me for asking, but here goes anyway: WHY was James Dungy’s website taken down? It almost appears that, being a popular figure, the company decided to arbitrarily look out for the reputation of one man. If the person were average or unpopular, would they bother? It’s not that it isn’t good that they did, it is! It would be nice for anyone to remove potentially embarrassing Internet legacies if they could – my question is, was it selective, and second, in other cases, is it always the will of the deceased or incapacitated? I have stuff on me going back to 1994 or so on the ‘net, and most of it, bad and good, I would much prefer people who *could* delete it to leave it alone.
I Google people who are currently news-focused all the time and it really does add more depth to the story when you find something. Internet archeology (as I called it) will be a big thing in 20 years or so. It’s a sexy question and I knew it was only a matter of time before the mainstream media tuned into it!
Dave
January 1st, 2006 at 5:32 pm
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