Death Summary: Johnny Unitas died suddenly of a heart attack while working out in a physical therapy facility in Lutherville-Timonum, Maryland. He was 69.

This was the second heart attack for the former NFL quaterback, back in 1993 he had triple-bypass surgery after his first.

He is buried at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens in Timonium, Maryland.

Who was Johnny Unitas: Unitas played his college football at the University of Louisville, though this was not his first choice school. He was passed over by Notre Dame and Indiana. Pitt offered him a scholarship, but he failed the entrance exam.

After college Unitas went on to become a professional quaterback, spending most of his playing years with the Baltimore Colts.

He set many records and was voted the NFL's MVP in 1959, 1964, and 1967. His record of throwing a touchdown pass in 47 consecutive games (1956 - 1960) remains untouched today.

In the latter years of his life, Unitas finally got the meida to see to the many permanent physical disabilities that he and his fellow players suffered when football was in it's infancy, before suffecient padding and other key safety features had been invented.

The man nicknamed "The Golden Arm" and sometimes just simply called "Johnny U" is still considered to be one of the greatest quaterbacks of all time.

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