Tedy Lacap Bruschi (born June 9, 1973 in San Francisco, California) is an American football linebacker for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. He is of Filipino and Italian descent.
Talk about some crazy rumors. The Web world was abuzz Tuesday night with news that Tedy Bruschi of the New England Patriots was dead, that he had committed suicide. The good news: Teddy Bruschi is alive and kicking. Well, maybe not kicking since he is a linebacker.
Tedy's agent, Brad Blank, confirms that Tedy is still, very much, ALIVE.
Tom Curran of NBC News also confirmed the rumors to be false.
"How did it (the rumor) get this far? Well, the answer won't really drape the journalism industry in glory.
Apparently, an anonymous e-mail to the Fox affiliate in Boston came in Monday afternoon saying that Bruschi had gone to Jesus.
The smart move would have been to try and confirm with the Patriots. Instead, the reporter who took the e-mail tried to confirm with three other media members which put them all on red alert and caused them to start calling every contact they could to find out if tragedy had struck Bruschi and the Patriots again.
The rumor mill has continued churning through the day on Tuesday.
Bruschi, who suffered a stroke after the 2004 season, has been tremendous with the media throughout his career but abhors having his privacy invaded by the media. This episode, which he is aware of, is not going to be a hit with him."
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