Bears' Gaines Adams Dead At 26 (UPDATED)

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Jan 17, 2010 4:45PM

Gaines Adams, a defensive end the Chicago Bears acquired from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers earlier this season, has died according to a report out of South Carolina [via the Sun-Times]. Not other details are known other than he was taken to the Emergency Room at Self Regional in Greenwood, South Carolina. An autopsy will be performed today.

Update: New reports claim the cause of death was a heart attack.