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Chris Doleman has passed away

Reports are surfacing that the Minnesota Vikings family has lost one of its all-time greats.

Multiple outlets are reporting that defensive end Chris Doleman, who had been fighting brain cancer for the past couple of years, has passed away at the age of 58. This comes just three days after he marked his two-year anniversary of being cancer-free on social media.

Today is my 2 year anniversary of being a brain cancer survivor! Huge!

— ChrisDoleman (@chrisdoleman1) January 25, 2020

Doleman was the fourth overall pick by the Vikings in the 1985 NFL Draft out of the University of Pittsburgh.