Ex-Bears star Marion Barber III's cause of death revealed
We recently learned the very tragic news that Marion Barber had passed away. Well, the former Dallas Cowboys and Chicago Bears running back died of heat stroke, police said Monday.
ESPN's Associated Press reported that, in a statement, police in the Dallas suburb of Frisco said the Collin County medical examiner had ruled Barber's death an accident. A police spokesman provided no further elaboration on the circumstances of the 38-year-old's death, and the medical examiner's office did not immediately respond to a message from The Associated Press.
The former Minnesota Golden Gopher was a fourth-round draft selection by the Cowboys in 2005 and spent 6 years in Dallas. He had 24 combined touchdowns in 2006 and '07 despite starting just one game those two seasons. Barber rushed for 654 yards and a career-high 14 TDs in 2006.
Barber had a career-high 975 yards rushing and 10 TDs in 2007, when he made his only Pro Bowl. His role and production declined from there, and he had career lows in carries, yards and touchdowns in his final year in Dallas in 2010.
Barber then played a final season with the Bears in 2011. In 11 games that season, including one start, he rushed for 422 yards on 114 carries scoring six touchdowns.
