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Heart Attack Killed 21 Year-Old Louisiana Tech Football Player
Heart attacks can strike the young as well. Tyrone Duplessis, the Louisiana Tech running back who died earlier this month, died of one. According to his family, Duplessis woke in distress and pounded his chest serveral times before falling.
The toxicology report found no drugs or alcohol.
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