Tragedy Strikes Korey Stringer collapsed of heatstroke and died during Vikings training camp. After losing consciousness following a practice session, trainers called paramedics, who took Stringer to Immanuel St. Joseph's-Mayo Health Center. He had a body temperature of 108.8. His organs failed and he never regained consciousness. "I don't even know how and when I'm going to get over this, because it's hard. There's a lot of people in America that's feeling our pain, throughout the world, and we know Korey Stringer, Number 77, is going to be missed." Stringer's widow, Kelci, has filed a $100 million wrongful death suit against the team, alleging negligence, that has yet go to trial.

Korey Stringer died from heat stroke, a day after he collapsed at the team's training camp.