Sporting News · Mar 12, 2016
Former Giants, Rams defensive end Gary Jeter dies at 61
Former NFL defensive end Gary Jeter, the fifth overall pick in the 1977 NFL Draft, died this week at age 61.
The cause and exact date of death were not known for Jeter, who leaves behind his wife, Leslie, and four daughters — Ayisha, Denyse, Breana and Kayla. Multiple reports say Jeter died Thursday but the NFL Players Association says Jeter died Wednesday.
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"This is the worst possible news," former New York Giants teammate Beasley Reece told the New York Daily News. "This is a great loss for the Giants. We lost one of the good guys. A quality guy. A giant of a man who could not have been nicer. This defies all reason."