Aldon Smith, a former NFL player who spent time with the San Francisco 49ers, Las Vegas Raiders and two other teams, has died at age 36, the 49ers announced on June 13. While no official cause of death has been released, details have emerged surrounding Smith’s final hours.
Amir Shirazi, a friend of Smith, found the former NFL player unresponsive in Smith’s car in Los Gatos, he told the San Francisco Chronicle. Shirazi thought Smith may have been sleeping, but then attempted to resuscitate him.
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Shirazi said he called 911 as well as former 49ers running back Antonio Dixon to assist with CPR.
“We were joking about life and talking about stuff right before,” Shirazi told the Chronicle.
Smith was declared dead an hour later in Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose, per the report.
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Aldon Smith delivered food to charity in hours leading up to death
In the hours leading to his death, Shirazi said Smith had delivered pizzas to a homeless charity.
Smith and Shirazi delivered pizzas to Scott Wagers, the co-founder of CHAM Deliverance Ministry, a charity that feeds the homeless.
Wagers felt that something was off with Smith when he arrived.
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“He got out of the car and he looked maybe kind of tired,” Wagers told the Chronicle, “but he’s a giant man. I’m like, ‘Hey man, are you good? Are you good’’ and I said, ‘Can I take some pictures?’ So we took some pictures, we got the pizzas with my team, and we went and took all the pizza out there.”
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