FOXBORO, MA - SEPTEMBER 22: Wide receiver David Patten #86 of the New England Patriots runs with the ball during the NFL game against the Kansas City Chiefs on September 22, 2002 at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts.
The Patriots won 41-38 i David Patten, a three-time Super Bowl champion with the New England Patriots, died Thursday. He was 47.Sam Gordon, who had Patten in his management firm, told ESPN that Patten died in his native South Carolina.
No other details about his death were immediately confirmed."We are all very heartbroken. He was a man of God. He had his own ministry.