Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, May 1, 1993 TAG: 9305010062
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Traces of cocaine were found in his blood and urine, although a medical examiner said the cause of his death had not been determined.
An artery supplying Waymer's heart was narrowed, said Dr. Patrick Lantz, Forsyth County, N.C., medical examiner.
The cause of Waymer's death won't be determined until further tests are conducted next week at Chapel Hill, N.C., Lantz said.
Waymer, who died at Lake Norman Regional Medical Center in Mooresville, checked into the hospital at 8:20 a.m. and was pronounced dead at 8:40 a.m., said Verna Bennett, a hospital spokesman.
"Dave is gone," said Greg Campbell, Waymer's agent in Los Angeles. "He woke up this morning and he had his baby boy on his lap and he just collapsed. His wife called 911, but just before the paramedics arrived, he was dead of an apparent heart attack."
Waymer, 34, played college football at Notre Dame. He was a second-round draft choice of the New Orleans Saints in 1980.
In other football:
\ BROWN RELEASED: Defensive end Robert Brown, who played in 165 consecutive games with the Green Bay Packers - the third-longest stretch in team history - was waived Friday after 11 seasons.
Brown, 32, had started every game for the Packers the past seven seasons, except those during the 1987 players' strike. Brown, a former Virginia Tech star, ranked third all-time in consecutive games played behind Forrest Gregg (187) and Willie Wood (166).
"It really didn't surprise me," said Brown, who became expendable after the Packers signed free agents Reggie White and Bill Maas.
"I kind of knew it would be tough for me to make the club. I thought about it the whole off-season. The system is not good for us old guys. I went through two strikes so guys could have free agency. Now, I'm getting burned because of it."
\ JUDGE APPROVES FREE AGENCY: A federal judge in Minneapolis gave final approval to the legal settlement that set up the NFL's new free agency system, rejecting complaints from dozens of players that the plan limits their earning power.
In a 115-page opinion, U.S. District Judge David Doty said the labor agreement announced in January was "fair, reasonable and adequate" to the players who filed a class-action lawsuit challenging the league's Plan B free agency system.
Doty's order bars players from filing new lawsuits on the issues covered in the settlement, and lawyers said anyone wanting to appeal the ruling probably would have to post a bond of $195 million - the amount of damages to be paid under the settlement.
by CNB