John Mackey

Longtime <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORSPT000007" title="National Football League" href="/topic/sports/football/national-football-league-ORSPT000007.topic">NFL</a> tight end <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PESPT004542" title="John Mackey" href="/topic/sports/john-mackey-PESPT004542.topic">John Mackey</a> and the first <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORSPT00000409" title="National Football League Players Association" href="/topic/career-workplace/unions/national-football-league-players-association-ORSPT00000409.topic">National Football League Players Association</a> president John Mackey died at the age of 69 after a decade long battle with rontal temporal dementia.
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Longtime NFL tight end John Mackey and the first National Football League Players Association president John Mackey died at the age of 69 after a decade long battle with rontal temporal dementia.

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