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Former NFL official dies

Carl Madsen, who worked as an NFL on-field umpire and then as a replay official, died Sunday. He was 71. The league confirmed Monday that Madsen, who had worked the Kansas City-Tennessee game, died on his way home. Madsen, 71, was driving home to Weldon Spring, Mo., when he had an apparent medical issue. Police were first called at 4:46 p.m. Central about an SUV stalled in a lane on Interstate 65 North with the driver unconscious. Metro Nashville Police Department spokesman Don Aaron said Monday that officers broke open a window, removed Madsen from the vehicle and performed chest compressions until the fire department arrived. Madsen was taken to St. Thomas Midtown Hospital where he died. Madsen joined the NFL officiating staff as an umpire in 1997 and worked on the field through the 2008 season. He worked in replay from 2009. He also served in the U.S. Air Force from 1973-76.

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