{"id":22866,"date":"2021-05-14T11:59:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T16:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/?p=22866"},"modified":"2021-05-14T11:59:13","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T16:59:13","slug":"obit-watch-may-14-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/?p=22866","title":{"rendered":"Obit watch: May 14, 2021."},"content":{"rendered":"

Lawrence<\/a> sent over an obit from one of the Indianapolis TV stations for Edgar Harrell and James W. Smith, both of whom passed away this week. They were 96 years old.<\/p>\n

Both men were survivors of the USS Indianapolis sinking<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Harrell was the last surviving Marine. The Facebook page\u2019s tribute to Harrell said, \u201cDuring his time aboard ship, he helped guard components of the atomic bomb. After the torpedoing, he was a hero amongst his shipmates.\u201d<\/a>
\nSmith had served the longest aboard the ship, beginning in December 1943. The Facebook page\u2019s tribute to Smith said, \u201cDuring weekly zoom calls, James would regale the group with tales of wartime as a young sailor\u2026 tales filled with mischief, adventure, fear, heroism, and brotherhood\u2026 and of course girls and a few stashed bottles of moonshine that got him into trouble.\u201d<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ve been meaning to note this one for a couple of days now: Colt Brennan<\/a>. He was a star quarterback at the University of Hawaii.<\/p>\n

In 2006, he set what was then an N.C.A.A. record for touchdown passes \u2014 58 \u2014 in a single season, raising the possibility that he would be recruited by the N.F.L. after his junior year.<\/a>
\nInstead, he stayed on for his final year. The Rainbow Warriors finished the season 12-0 and made their only football bowl series appearance, in the Sugar Bowl, against Georgia on Jan. 1, 2008. Mr. Brennan was a Heisman Trophy finalist that season.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He was drafted by Washington in 2008 as a backup, was cut two years later, went to the Raiders, and was cut again.<\/p>\n

According to his family, he was in a car crash in 2010 and was never the same: “…broke his collarbone and ribs, caused head trauma, and resulted in blood clots that would plague him the rest of his life”. He descended into addiction. Recently, he had spent four months in a rehab center.<\/p>\n

Mr. Brennan tried to enroll in a detox facility over the weekend but was turned away because it was full, his father said.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Instead, he met up with some people at a hotel and (according to his family) overdosed on fentanyl. He was 37.<\/p>\n

NYT<\/strong> obit for Billie Hayes<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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