#2391935 - 05/13/11 07:38 AM
Ex-Dallas RB Springs dies after long coma Ron Spr
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Ex-Dallas RB Springs dies after long coma
By TERRY WALLACE, Associated Press – Thu May 12, 11:31 pm ET
DALLAS – Former Dallas Cowboys running back Ron Springs, who spent the past four years in a coma after losing oxygen during a 2007 operation, has died without ever regaining consciousness. He was 54.
Former Cowboys teammate Everson Walls, who donated a kidney to Springs for a transplant, says the Springs family informed him that his friend died about 4:30 p.m. Thursday at Medical City Dallas hospital.
The hospital is where Springs first slipped into the coma in 2007 after undergoing surgery to remove a cyst from his forearm about seven months after receiving the kidney.
In 2008, Springs' wife, Adriane, filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against two doctors she says caused brain damage to her husband during the cyst surgery.
Despite the lengthy coma, the death came as a surprise, Walls said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110513/ap_o...WRhbGxhc3Jicw--
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FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2007, file photo, former Dallas Cowboys players Everson Walls, left, and Ron Springs are honored before an NFL football game between the Cowboys and the New York Giants in Irving Texas. Springs, who spent the past four years in a coma after losing oxygen during a 2007 operation, has died without ever regaining consciousness. He was 54. Walls, who donated a kidney to Springs for a transplant, says the Springs family informed him that his friend died about 4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 12, 2011, at Medical City Dallas hospital. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, file)
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/...8ad53196483903/
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#2392510 - 05/13/11 10:39 PM
Re: Ex-Dallas RB Springs dies after long coma Ron Spr
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I hate to hear that.
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#2392514 - 05/13/11 10:42 PM
Re: Ex-Dallas RB Springs dies after long coma Ron Spr
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wow thats bad
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