Kent Waldrep was 20 years old, a junior running back for Texas Christian University, when his football team faced off with the University of Alabama in Birmingham on Oct. 26, 1974. After his injury during a 1974 game at Alabama left him paralyzed, Waldrep went on to help raise tens of millions of dollars around the world for paralysis research.
Kent Waldrep Cause Of Death
Mr. Waldrep, 67, died on February 27 in a Natchitoches, Louisiana, hospital. According to his wife, Lynn Burgland Waldrep, he was admitted to the hospital with pneumonia and developed pulmonary failure. In 2012, Mr. Waldrep experienced a stroke as well.
Pulmonary respiratory failure is the lung disorders that lead to respiratory failure include chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, and pneumonia. Heart disease that can lead to respiratory failure can be heart failure which may or may not be accompanied by a heart attack.
Who Is Kent Waldrep’s Wife?
He married Lynn Burgland Waldrep. He and Lynn Burgland Waldrep were married for 41 years. Besides his wife, of Natchitoches, survivors include two sons, Trey Waldrep of Allen, Tex., and Charley Waldrep of Benton, La, his mother, Denise Waldrep of Kemp, Tex.; and two grandsons.