Cause Of Death Revealed For Former Vikings Head Coach's Son
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office released the autopsy results Friday for Adam Zimmer, the former Vikings defensive coordinator and son of longtime NFL coach Mike Zimmer.
Adam passed away in October at the age of 38 while serving remotely as an offensive analyst for the Bengals.
The examiner's office noted the cause of death as «complications of chronic ethanol use disorder.» The disorder entails having to drink more to get the same effect of intoxication or having alcohol withdrawal symptoms when rapidly decreasing or stopping drinking.
Zimmer, the son of longtime Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer, was a coach in Minnesota from 2014 to 2021.
His death was announced by his sister � Corri Zimmer � in an Instagram post.
"I can't believe I'm writing this. I lost my big brother yesterday. The kindest, sweetest, family loving, sports obsessed soul there ever was. I've felt pain like this once before but it's been a while and I didn't know I was able to feel like this again. My heart is shattered and it hurts so bad. I don't know how to juggle being a mom to one year old twin boys and the grief of losing my brother so unexpectedly," she wrote.
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