Longtime NFL writer Banks dies in Canton at 57 – ESPN

Longtime NFL sportswriter Don Banks has died at 57 after attending Hall of Fame ceremonies in Canton, Ohio.

Banks, employed no longer too long ago by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, died early Sunday morning.

His partner, Alissa, confirmed to the newspaper that Banks died in his sleep.

“He became once re-energized and so invigorated by the chance to work (for the Review-Journal),” she suggested the Review-Journal. “He couldn’t wait to originate up. It became once the happiest I truly have seen him in moderately some time.”

“He became once alleged to attain dwelling in Boston on Sunday morning. … He went very peacefully.”

Banks’ renowned occupation took him to stops that incorporated Sports Illustrated, the St. Petersburg Events and the Superstar Tribune.

“Phrases can no longer say the depth of sadness the Review-Journal staff feels for Don’s family and chums,” Review-Journal govt editor Glenn Cook said Sunday. “Beyond a sportswriting establishment, Don became once a faithful husband and father and a class act. No NFL journalist commanded more admire. The game has lost regarded as one of its most inviting storytellers.”