... was reported that former Minnesota Vikings player Orlando Thomas had passed away at the age of 37 after a four year battle with ALS.

I'm sure the person who was most shocked was Orlando Thomas himself.

The Vikings reported Thomas' death on their website Wednesday evening after officials from Louisiana-Lafayette, Thomas' alma mater, called to inform them that he had died. The Star Tribune followed with a blog post, citing the Vikings' website as the source of the information.

According to Thomas' agent, Mark Bartelstein, the rumor started on somebody's MySpace page.

"You know how in today's world once rumors start, it spreads like wildfire." Bartelstein commented. "You know how people communicate nowadays. But it's totall...

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