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DALLAS - Former Dallas Cowboys running back Ron Springs has died at the age of 54.
Springs slipped into a coma in 2007 after undergoing surgery to remove a cyst from his forearm.
Deprived of oxygen during anesthesia, he was left in a vegetative state at Medical City Dallas Hospital. Springs was considered brain impaired but not brain dead.
Springs' wife, Adriane, filed a civil action lawsuit against the anesthesiologist and surgeon, alleging they were negligent in administering the anesthesia.
The surgery came just months after Springs underwent a successful kidney transplant in which former Cowboys teammate Everson Walls donated his kidney.
In an interview with News 8 in March of 2010, Mrs. Springs said he had been loving life after the kidney transplant, promoting awareness of kidney disease and diabetes through a foundation. She was devastated after the minor surgery halted his fresh start. However, she said she hadn't given up, visiting him daily at the hospital.
"All of his organs are fine, including his kidney," she told News 8 in an interview in March of 2010. "Actually, he sits in a chair, every day. That's great. We get him out of bed, sit him in chair every day for at least about five hours. Still, there's the opening of the eyes, there are yawns. Actually, about a month and half ago, he had his very first sneeze."
Springs played for the Cowboys from 1979 to 1984. After his time with the Cowboys, he went on to play with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The former Cowboys player was diagnosed with diabetes in 1990.
The Associated Press contributed to this report
RIP
DALLAS - Former Dallas Cowboys running back Ron Springs has died at the age of 54.
Springs slipped into a coma in 2007 after undergoing surgery to remove a cyst from his forearm.
Deprived of oxygen during anesthesia, he was left in a vegetative state at Medical City Dallas Hospital. Springs was considered brain impaired but not brain dead.
Springs' wife, Adriane, filed a civil action lawsuit against the anesthesiologist and surgeon, alleging they were negligent in administering the anesthesia.
The surgery came just months after Springs underwent a successful kidney transplant in which former Cowboys teammate Everson Walls donated his kidney.
In an interview with News 8 in March of 2010, Mrs. Springs said he had been loving life after the kidney transplant, promoting awareness of kidney disease and diabetes through a foundation. She was devastated after the minor surgery halted his fresh start. However, she said she hadn't given up, visiting him daily at the hospital.
"All of his organs are fine, including his kidney," she told News 8 in an interview in March of 2010. "Actually, he sits in a chair, every day. That's great. We get him out of bed, sit him in chair every day for at least about five hours. Still, there's the opening of the eyes, there are yawns. Actually, about a month and half ago, he had his very first sneeze."
Springs played for the Cowboys from 1979 to 1984. After his time with the Cowboys, he went on to play with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The former Cowboys player was diagnosed with diabetes in 1990.
The Associated Press contributed to this report
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