The cause of death of NFL player Demaryius Thomas revealed-E!online

Demaryius Thomas‘Parents share details about his death.

Seven months after his home in Roswell, Georgia, his parents, and an NFL star turned out to be unresponsive, Bobby Thomas When Katina Stuckey SmithIt became clear that his death was caused by cardiac arrest due to a seizure disorder.

“Cardiac arrest is, as you know, the way they are trying to tell him what happened,” Bobby said in an interview on July 5. Good morning, AmericaDemarius added, “Suffocated-he died.”

Bobby and Katina said they learned these details after donating his brain to the study. Through this process, the Mayo Clinic also found that Demarius suffered from stage 2 chronic traumatic encephalopathy. It is a degenerative brain disorder caused by repeated head injuries that are common in athletes. Rare disorders can cause symptoms such as memory loss, difficulty thinking, behavioral changes, and mood swings.

Demarius’ parents said he had experienced similar symptoms before he died.

“He was paranoid as usual,” Bobby recalled. “But he lost his memory, I saw it too. Every day he complained about having a headache.”