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Jeff Sperbeck, a longtime agent, business partner and friend of John Elway, died after being involved in a serious crash in a golf cart. Sperbeck is 62.
Former Denver Mustang quarterback Elway reportedly drove the vehicle in the event of a fatal accident.
Riverside County (California) coroner confirmed Speebeck died April 30 at the Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, California. The injury occurred four days ago in nearby La Quinta.
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John Elway stood on the sidelines in the fourth quarter of the game between the Denver Broncos and the Los Angeles Chargers at Empower Field in Mile High, Denver, Colorado. The Broncos beat the charger 23-20. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)
On Friday, the coroner's office ruled Spelbeck's death by chance and said he died of blunt head trauma.
The Coroner's Bureau said in a statement obtained on Fox News' digits: "The cause of death is 'blunt head trauma', the way of death is 'accidental', the way of death (how the injury occurs) is 'passenger fell from the golf hand.
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The statement added that the injury occurred when the "passenger fell from" the golf cart.
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Last week, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco made it clear that investigators found criminal activity during the incident. "It seemed like a horrible accident," Bianco told the Denver Post.
"This makes it more of a problem than it should," Bianco said at the time, noting that his department received a "massive media investigation" after the news. He added: "We are doing everything we can to make sure that it seems to be a fact, but it is just an accident."
December 26, 2021; Paradise, Nevada, USA; John Elway, president of football operations for the Denver Broncos, watched the Allegiant Stadium from the outside in the game against the Las Vegas Raiders. (Today's Kirby Lee-Usa Sports)
Elway issued a statement on April 30 saying he was "heartbroken".
"I was very shocked and sad to the death of my close friend, business partner and agent Jeff Sperbeck," Elway said in a statement via ESPN. "There is no words that really express the deep sorrow of the sudden loss of me by someone who means a lot to me."
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Elway won two Super Bowls with the Broncos and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2004.
Fox News's Scott Thompson contributed to the report.
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