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joeybee12

(56,177 posts) Wed Feb 22, 2012, 12:17 PM Feb 2012

Brady mentor Tom Martinez, 66, dies

Tom Martinez, the longtime coach and mentor of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, died Tuesday in California on his 66th birthday.

Martinez's wife, Olivia, told the San Mateo Daily Journal that he died Tuesday after suffering a heart attack while receiving dialysis treatment. The San Francisco Chronicle reported he died in Redwood City.

The Patriots offered their condolences to the family on Tuesday night via Twitter.

http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/_/id/7601093/tom-martinez-longtime-mentor-new-england-patriots-tom-brady-dies-66

Kidney failure...Tom had taken to his Facebook page to try and find a donor match...lots of responses, no matches. RIP