NFL Linebacker Jerry Brown Dead, Cowboys' Teammate Josh Brent Charged

By Michael David Smith NBC Sports

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NFL Linebacker Jerry Brown Dead, Cowboys' Teammate Josh Brent Charged

December 8, 2012 Updated Dec 8, 2012 at 2:02 PM PDT

Cowboys linebacker Jerry Brown has died in an early morning car crash, and Cowboys nose tackle Josh Brent has been charged with intoxication manslaughter in Brown’s death.

The police department in Irving, Texas, has confirmed that Brown died in a crash early this morning and Brent (whose legal name is Josh Price-Brent) was charged

Brown and Brent were friends and teammates at Illinois before becoming teammates again with the Cowboys. Brown was 25.

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