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John Elway's longtime agent, business partner and friend Jeff Sperbeck passed away after being involved in a serious crash, including a golf cart. Sperbeck was 62.
Former Denver Broncos quarterback Elway reportedly drove a car during the fatal accident.
The Riverside County (Calif.) Coroner confirmed Sperbeck died April 30 at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, California. The injury had occurred in nearby La Quinta four days ago.
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John Elway was on a side job in the fourth quarter of a Denver Broncos and Los Angeles Chargers game at Empower Field at Mile High on December 1, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. The Broncos defeated the Chargers 23-20. (Photo: Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)
On Friday, the coroner's office contingently ruled Sperbeck's death, saying he died as a result of a blunt head injury.
“The cause of death is “blunt head injuries”, the method of death is “an accident”, and the mode of death (how the injury occurred) is “a passenger from the golf cart fell.”
John Elway breaks silence with agent death after golf cart crashes
The statement added: “The injury occurred when a passenger fell from his golf cart.
January 2, 2022. Inglewood, California: John Elway, then president of the Broncos' soccer business, is looking at the game against the Los Angeles Chargers at Sophie Stadium. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Usa Today Sports)
Last week, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco revealed that investigators discovered “nothing” suggesting that criminal activity occurred during the incident. “This seems like a horrible accident,” Bianco told The Post, and “the couple of people involved in the incident” “occasionally are very well-known celebrities,” Bianco told The Denver Post.
“And that's probably more of a problem than it should have,” Bianco noted at the time that his department had undergone a “massive media investigation” after the news broke. “We're doing everything we can to make sure this is what it seems to be, and it's just an accident,” he added.
December 26, 2021; Paradise, Nevada, USA. John Elway, president of the Denver Broncos football business, is monitoring bystanders during a game against the Las Vegas Raiders at Allegianto Stadium. (Kirby Lee-Usa Today Sports)
Elway issued a statement on April 30, stating that he was “grief.”
“I am absolutely devastated and heartbroken by the death of my best friend, business partner and agent Jeff Sperbeck,” Elway said in a statement via ESPN. “There are no words that truly express the deep sadness I feel in the sudden loss of someone that means so much 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' Scott Thompson contributed to this report.
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