The girl had known Jamie for many years and went to the funeral. He even appreciated words from those parents, who after hearing Coach Dungy speak, decided to reconnect with their children on a deeper level.Īmong the many outpourings of love the Dungys received was a letter from a girl who attends the family’s church in Tampa. Six weeks after the funeral, while speaking at an Athletes in Action (AIA) breakfast, the coach spoke publicly about Jamie’s death: “It was tough, and it was very, very painful, but as painful as it was, there were some good things that came out of it.”ĭuring the breakfast, Dungy recalled the tremendous support he and his wife, Lauren, received through cards, letters, telephone calls and face-to-face encounters with other parents who’d lost their children to suicide. Investigators ruled suicide as the cause of death of the 18-year-old, whose famous father was the highly successful head coach of the Indianapolis Colts and is now a studio analyst for NBC’s “Football Night in America.”ĭungy delivered the eulogy at Jamie’s memorial service in Tampa, Florida, and among other things, spoke of not hugging his son on Thanksgiving a few weeks prior to his death. Jamie Dungy, Tony Dungy’s oldest son, died three days before Christmas in 2005.
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