{"id":1564269,"date":"2022-07-21T07:25:03","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T11:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1564269"},"modified":"2022-07-21T08:50:49","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T12:50:49","slug":"former-1st-round-nfl-pick-and-super-bowl-champion-charles-johnson-dead-at-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-1st-round-nfl-pick-and-super-bowl-champion-charles-johnson-dead-at-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Former 1st Round NFL Pick and Super Bowl Champion Charles Johnson Dead at 50"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-1st-round-nfl-pick-and-super-bowl-champion-charles-johnson-dead-at-50%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1564269&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former NFL player Charles Johnson is dead.<\/p>\n<p>The Super Bowl champion with the New <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/why-gronk-didnt-thank-patriots-retirement-announcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">England<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/will-the-bill-belichick-patriot-way-continue-to-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Patriots<\/a> died at the age of 50, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs17.com\/news\/local-news\/wake-county-news\/super-bowl-winning-receiver-heritage-high-school-assistant-athletic-director-charles-johnson-dies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">according to CBS17.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of death isn\u2019t known at this time.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption>Charles Johnson (Photo credit should read JOHN MOTTERN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Johnson was a first round <a href=\"https:\/\/triblive.com\/sports\/report-former-steelers-wide-receiver-charles-johnson-dies-at-age-50\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">pick<\/a> for the Steelers coming out of Colorado in 1994 and spent nearly a decade in the NFL. <\/p>\n<p>He played for Pittsburgh, the Eagles, Patriots and his final season for the Bills. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"729\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Charles-Johnson-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-352926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Charles-Johnson-1.jpg 729w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Charles-Johnson-1-214x300-1.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Charles-Johnson-1-561x788-1.jpg 561w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Charles-Johnson-1-364x511-1.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Charles-Johnson-1-608x854-1.jpg 608w, https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Charles-Johnson-1-34x48.jpg 34w, https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Charles-Johnson-1-68x96.jpg 68w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Charles-Johnson-1-600x843-1.jpg 600w\" \/><figcaption>Charles Johnson  (Photo by Mike Powell\/Allsport\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By the time his NFL career came to an end, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/J\/JohnCh00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">snagged<\/a> 24 touchdown catches and hauled in more than 4,600 receiving yards. Anyone who can put up those numbers over nearly a decade of action was hell of a player.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL is a tough league, but Charles carved out his legacy. Now, at the age of 50, he\u2019s passed away. It\u2019s an incredibly sad situation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Charles-Johnson-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-352927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Charles-Johnson-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Charles-Johnson-2-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Charles-Johnson-2-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Charles-Johnson-2-561x374-1.jpg 561w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Charles-Johnson-2-364x242-1.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Charles-Johnson-2-728x485-1.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Charles-Johnson-2-608x405-1.jpg 608w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Charles-Johnson-2-758x505-1.jpg 758w, https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Charles-Johnson-2-72x48.jpg 72w, https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Charles-Johnson-2-144x96.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Charles-Johnson-2-600x400-1.jpg 600w\" \/><figcaption>Charles Johnson (Photo by George Gojkovich\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Our thoughts and prayers are with his family during this tough time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former NFL player Charles Johnson is dead. The Super Bowl champion with the New England Patriots died at the age of 50, according to CBS17.com. The cause of death isn\u2019t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1574843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1564269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1564269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1564269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1564269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1574843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1564269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1564269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1564269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}