Alabama AM Football Player Medrick Burnett Jr. Did Not Die, Says University in Apology for False Announcement
Alabama A M University retracted an announcement that football player Medrick Burnett Jr. died on Wednesday, Nov. 27. In the since-retracted statement, shared by local news station WAFF, the university remembered Burnett as "a remarkable young man whose positive energy, leadership, and compassion left an indelible mark on everyone who knew him." Hours after publishing the message, the university deleted it from its athletics department's website. "We retract the news of the passing of Medrick Burnett Jr, that was originally advised by an immediate family member on Tuesday evening," the athletics department said in a statement to PEOPLE.
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