Former Miami Heat center may have perished from H1N1 - Alan Ogg

[Roehl_JC]

A moment of silence was observed before the tipoff of Sunday's Miami Heat-Chicago Bulls game against AmericanAirlines Arena in honor of former Heat center Alan Ogg.

Ogg died Sunday in his native Alabama, after an infection reached his heart. He had checked into a hospital amid concerns of swine flu.

Ogg, 42, and Alec Kessler are the only known deceased former Heat players.

Ogg played 80 NBA games over three seasons, beginning in 1990 with the Heat. He also played for the Milwaukee Bucks and Washington Wizards, averaging 2.2 points and 1.7 rebounds during his career.

Ogg remains the University of Alabama-Birmingham's career leader with 266 blocked shots over four seasons. He also stands third in school history in field-goal percentage, averaging 6.4 points at the school.

Ira Winderman can be reached at iwinderman@SunSentinel.com.

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[Evelyn]

Re: Former Miami Heat center may have perished from H1N1

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UAB spokesman: Former NBA player Alan Ogg dies
(AP) – 6 hours ago

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alan Ogg, a 7-foot-2 shotblocker who played for UAB and spent parts of three seasons in the NBA, died Sunday from complications from a staph infection, a university spokesman said. He was 42.

UAB spokesman Norm Reilly said Ogg died at UAB Hospital.

Ogg played 80 NBA games over three seasons beginning in 1990 with the Miami Heat, who had a moment of silence Sunday night before playing Chicago. He also played for Milwaukee and Washington, and averaged 2.2 points and 1.7 rebounds during his career.

Ogg is UAB's career leader with 266 blocked shots over four seasons, averaging more than two a game. He also is third in field-goal percentage, and averaged 6.4 points.

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[Evelyn]

Re: Former Miami Heat center may have perished from H1N1

Re: Former Miami Heat center may have perished from H1N1

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A post on the Blazer Talk forum:

RE: Alan Ogg passes away - Blazer85 - Yesterday 10:10 PM

Alan was married, yes, and his wife is obviously very upset.

There were a number of factors involved here. The primary cause of death was essentially related to a septic bacterial infection. Apparently he had the swine flu as well which may have contributed to his poor condition. It was more of a septic thing from a staph infection that killed him, however. He had been hospitalized for the last several days, and today he supposedly even had a CVA (stroke) earlier in the day today. Alan had been dealing with some heart issues and I believe he also had an underlying genetic disorder known as Marfan's.

Anyway, I should find out funeral arrangements fairly soon and I will pass that along as soon as I know.

 

[Roehl_JC]

former Miami Heat center dead of probable swine flu complications

former Miami Heat center dead of probable swine flu complications

A moment of silence was observed before the tipoff of Sunday's Miami Heat-Chicago Bulls game against AmericanAirlines Arena in honor of former Heat center Alan Ogg.

Ogg died Sunday in his native Alabama, after an infection reached his heart. He had checked into a hospital amid concerns of swine flu.

Ogg, 42, and Alec Kessler are the only known deceased former Heat players.

Ogg played 80 NBA games over three seasons, beginning in 1990 with the Heat. He also played for the Milwaukee Bucks and Washington Wizards, averaging 2.2 points and 1.7 rebounds during his career.

Ogg remains the University of Alabama-Birmingham's career leader with 266 blocked shots over four seasons. He also stands third in school history in field-goal percentage, averaging 6.4 points at the school.

Ira Winderman can be reached at iwinderman@SunSentinel.com.

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[Shiloh]

basketball ogg

basketball ogg

Obit appears in the Sun Sentinel which is a Florida newspaper so this death might be counted in FL.

Source: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sunsentinel/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=135353287


Alan Ogg

Former Heat center Alan Ogg died Sunday in his native Alabama, after an infection reached his heart. He had checked into a hospital amid concerns of swine flu.

Ogg played 80 NBA games over three seasons, beginning in 1990 with the Heat. He also played for the Milwaukee Bucks and Washington Wizards, averaging 2.2 points and 1.7 rebounds during his career.

Ogg remains the University of Alabama-Birmingham's career leader with 266 blocked shots over four seasons. He also stands third in school history in field-goal percentage, averaging 6.4 points at the school.
Published in Sun-Sentinel from November 2 to November 7, 2009

 

[yielddude]

Re: Alabama: Died Nov. 1st- Obit ex-basketball player

Re: Alabama: Died Nov. 1st- Obit ex-basketball player

Rest in Peace Alan.

He was a fan favorite in Miami, usually called in for mop-up minutes, but always played hard and with a great attitude. I can still hear the chants "Ogg, Ogg, Ogg".

We'll miss you.

 

[peter m]

Re: Former Miami Heat center may have perished from H1N1 - Alan Ogg

NBA players often get sick due to their frenetic pace, being on the road and eating out, showering in dressing room together, being out in public, playing in cold drafty arenas at night and getting chilled after strenuous sweaty exertions. Plus they are mostly in their 20's with robust immume systems so are targets of this flu.
On other hand they have access to the best medical care in the world and teams often have skilled medical staff available so they are pampered athletes.
I wonder how many players this season will become incapacitated and ill from this sw flu.