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A second autopsy was scheduled to be performed Tuesday on Bears defensive end Gaines Adams in South Carolina at the family’s request, according to a law-enforcement official with the Greenwood County (S.C.) Sheriff’s Department.<\/p>\nA second autopsy was scheduled to be performed Tuesday on Bears defensive end Gaines Adams in South Carolina at the family’s request, according to a law-enforcement official with the Greenwood County (S.C.) Sheriff’s Department.<\/p>\n
Adams, 26, died Sunday morning after suffering cardiac arrest as a result of an enlarged heart.<\/p>\n
Marcia Kelley-Clark, chief deputy coroner for Greenwood County, told the Tribune it was a natural death.<\/p>\n
Toxicology tests are being run by the State Law Enforcement Division, although drug use is not suspected. Those results might not be available for several months.<\/span><\/p>\n Adams died at Self Regional Hospital near his home in Greenwood. His girlfriend made the 911 call, and Adams was pronounced dead at 8:21 a.m., Eastern time.<\/p>\n The family could be searching for further confirmation that an enlarged heart was indeed the cause of Adams’ death and that no other factors were involved.<\/p>\n No one knew Adams had a heart condition.<\/p>\n Family members were scheduled to meet with Blyth Funeral Home & Cremation Services on Tuesday\u00a0 to discuss funeral arrangements.<\/p>\n By Vaughn McClure<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Read the original article from Tribune News Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n A second autopsy was scheduled to be performed Tuesday on Bears defensive end Gaines Adams in South Carolina at the family’s request, according to a law-enforcement official with the Greenwood County (S.C.) Sheriff’s Department. Adams, 26, died Sunday morning after suffering cardiac arrest as a result of an enlarged heart. Marcia Kelley-Clark, chief deputy coroner […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-634650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2F6i","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634650\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/img><\/a>
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