Orlando Brown, a bruising offensive tackle for the Cleveland Browns and the Baltimore Ravens who was temporarily blinded in one eye by a referee’s errant penalty flag, leading him to file a $200 million lawsuit against the National Football League, was found dead Friday in his Baltimore apartment. He was 40.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/24/sports/football/orlando-brown-who-sued-nfl-over-errant-flag-dies-at-40.html

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:rip: Orlando Brown

:rip: I remember him - so sad. :(

Wow... just awful!

Too young to die, he was never the same after his eye injury :(

Oh Wow. This is so sad. :(

Too young to die, he was never the same after his eye injury :(

I remember that game so well. You're right - things never were the same for him after that. What a shame. :(

I remember that game so well. You're right - things never were the same for him after that. What a shame. :(

Yeah it is a shame :(