http://www.ajc.com/news/sports/baseball/...-29/npKLD/

 

<div>Former Braves pitcher Tommy Hanson, one of the most promising young talents in the game just five years ago, is dead at age 29.
 
Hanson died Monday night after suffering “catastrophic organ failure,” a person familiar with the situation told Channel 2 Action News sports director Zach Klein, who first reported that Hanson was in a coma and had been transferred to Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta.
 
Tommy Hanson, who spent his first four seasons with the Braves through 2012, died Monday at age 29, reportedly from “catastrophic organ failure.” 
 
It was uncertain as to what brought on the condition, but Hanson had been hospitalized since Sunday morning.
 

 

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Horrible and shocking news.   My thoughts and prayers go out to Tommy Hanson's family and others close to him.  

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I saw the news today and was shocked. I'd lost track of him once he left the Braves. 

 

It's really none of my business, but I am curious as to what caused his death. At 29!

 

RIP

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The sun's not yellow, it's chicken.

R.I.P.

 

 

29 is young. I'm very curious as to what "catastrophic organ failure" is referring to. 

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I'm curious as well. It's pretty scary if he was healthy and it was just a random thing. But there's a lot of things that could cause organ failure.

 

Sad to hear about this though. RIP.

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I'm curious as well. It's pretty scary if he was healthy and it was just a random thing. But there's a lot of things that could cause organ failure.

 

Sad to hear about this though. RIP.

 

Yeah, but what organ(s)?

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They are saying it may have been an overdose.

 

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/breaking-ne...rif/npKtf/

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Official autopsy showed that his death was caused by cocaine and alcohol abuse.

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