Elijah Alexander dies at age 39

Elijah Alexander, a former NFL and Kansas State linebacker, died two days ago in the Dallas Medical City Hospital. Alexander passed away at the age of 39 after fighting for five-years with cancer. In 2005, Elijah Alexander was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, which is cancer of the bone marrow, and founded the Tackle Myeloma Foundation in 2006. Alexander had ended his career with the Oakland Raiders four years prior to his diagnosis.