A autopsy report released Monday shows former Seahawk Cortez Kennedy died of natural causes related to heart disease, diabetes and pneumonia.
Seahawk Hall of Fame defensive tackle Cortez Kennedy died of natural causes related to hypertensive heart disease, pneumonia and diabetes, according to an autopsy report released Monday by the Orange County Medical Examiner’s office in Orlando, Fla., where Kennedy was living.
Kennedy was found unresponsive in his home by a friend and pronounced dead at the scene on May 23.
Kennedy, one of four Seahawks to have his number retired and one of four players to play his entire career with the team to be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, was 48.