Doug Flutie Announces Both Parents Die from Heart Attacks Less Than A Hour Apart

Former CFL and NFL quarterback Doug Flutie announced on Facebook Wednesday that his parents died of heart attacks less than an hour apart.

Flutie, 53, on the Facebook post indicated that his father, Dick, had been in the hospital ill before suffering a heart attack, and then his mother, Joan, went into sudden cardiac arrest as well:

Thoughts and prayers are with Doug Flutie and his family.