Ex-Ravens LB Tony Fein Dead At 27 Years Old

Tony Fein, who was a member of the Ravens during the preseason and was an Iraqi War veteran, died Tuesday morning in Port Orchard, Wash., according to his agent. There were no immediate details about his death, agent Milton D. Hobbs said. "It's a very sad situation," Hobbs told The Baltimore Sun on Tuesday night. "I am still trying to figure out what happened." Fein, 27, was an undrafted rookie free agent who was released by the Ravens in their final major cutdown on Sept. 5.

Source: The Baltimore Sun

 

Wow...

R.I.P.

 

Thats terrible.

 

Something stinks here. He was recently arrested in Baltimore and then released after wards. Hmmmm??? Smelling something gang related. Just my uneducated opinion. Rest In Peace my fallen Raven.

 

Hmm....

 

What a shame. RIP

As far as 1st takes with the limited info, I didn't get a gang feeling but looked to his background as a war vet. Nothing in the story besides a group of guys 'possibly' passing around a gun smacked of gang activity to me. No offense, MG

I googled for just a little more info & found this:

Fein's Dreams Finally Come True

2 1/2 years in Iraq as a Delta recon scout makes me want to hear more before being too cynical...like I usually am. :icon_rolleyes:

 

I was gonna make a classless joke about a suicide bombing, but decided not to.

 

Thats rough

 

R.I.P.

 

RIP

There was a similar article in the Sun in July, and then he got arrested and I stopped rooting for him. This sucks though, a veteran too. thoughts go out to the family

 

R.I.P way to young, I want to hear the details to see if MediaGuy is right.

 

RIP.

 

RIP

 

RIP

 

Turns out it was a suicide.....

 

excerpt:

SEATTLE (AP) - Tony Fein, an Iraq war veteran and NFL rookie linebacker who played with the Baltimore Ravens during the preseason, has died of unexplained causes after collapsing at a friend's house on the Kitsap Peninsula of Washington state.


Fein, 27, an undrafted rookie free agent from Mississippi, was lying face down and unconscious, vomiting and barely breathing when medics arrived at a house outside Port Orchard just before 9 a.m PT Tuesday, said Mike Wernet, a battalion chief and medical officer with South Kitsap Fire & Rescue.....

There were no obvious wounds or signs of alcohol or other drug abuse, and nothing indicated foul play, he added.

NFL rookie LB, veteran of Iraq war, dead at 27

Not much more till the autopsy in a few weeks.

Wonder what his state of mind was so soon after the last cut....

 

From Arron Wilson:

 

Now that makes much more sense with those circumstances...

 

Sad case of suicide Brother. He was also dealing with a lot of postwar traumatic stress according to some stories I heard today. Kept having nightmares and could not get the violent images out of his head. He recently had some interest from the CFL and was working out and thinking about heading north.