{"id":5903,"date":"2026-08-22T08:36:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T08:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5903"},"modified":"2026-08-22T08:36:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T08:36:37","slug":"super-bowl-champion-dies-at-56-after-19-year-health-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5903","title":{"rendered":"Super Bowl Champion Dies at 56 After 19-Year Health Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p>Former NFL linebacker O.J. Brigance has died aged 56 after a 19-year battle with ALS, otherwise known as Lou Gehrig\u2019s disease. Steve Bisciotti, owner of the Baltimore Ravens, for whom Brigance won the 2000 Super Bowl, announced his death on Monday. \u201cWe are devastated by the awful news that we have lost O.J. Brigance,\u201d Bisciotti wrote in a statement. \u201cO.J. was a beloved legend, mentor and man to everyone who was fortunate enough to know him.\u201d He added that it was \u201ca tremendously sad day for Baltimore.\u201d Brigance was told when he was diagnosed in 2007, aged just 37, he would likely live for another five years at most. John Harbaugh, his former coach, called him \u201cthe strongest man in the organization\u201d for his 19-year perseverance after that news, continuing to attend games and practices with the help of a motorized wheelchair as his disease progressed. Brigance was married to Chanda Minor-Brigance, whom he met in 1989 and married in 1994. Minor-Brigance remained by her husband\u2019s side throughout his lengthy health battle.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5897\">\u2018Hamburger Hill\u2019 Director Dies at 86<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read it at <span>ESPN<\/span><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former NFL linebacker O.J. Brigance has died aged 56 after a 19-year battle with ALS, otherwise known as Lou Gehrig\u2019s disease. Steve Bisciotti, owner of the Baltimore Ravens, for whom Brigance won the 2000 Super Bowl, announced his death on Monday. \u201cWe are devastated by the awful news that we have lost O.J. 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