Crime & Safety
Services for Cal Berkeley Football Player Ted Agu Planned for Monday
The services will be held on Feb. 24 at 6:30 p.m. at the Haas Pavilion on the University of California at Berkeley campus.
By Bay City News—
A memorial service for Cal football player Ted Agu, who died at the end of a team workout on Feb. 7, will be held at the Haas Pavilion on the University of California at Berkeley campus on Monday night, according to university officials.
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Agu, a 21-year-old junior defensive lineman from Bakersfield, was a public health major and was selected to the second team Pac-12 All-Academic squad last fall, university officials said.
The service will begin at 6:30 p.m. Monday. University officials said Agu's family members from Bakersfield as well as other family members from Nigeria will attend the service. A candlelight service for Agu was held at the Lisa and Douglas Goldman Plaza, adjacent to Cal's football stadium, on Feb. 12.
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University officials said Agu died after he developed problems at the end of a routine training run with his teammates. Stefano Bertozzi, the dean of the university's public health school, said Agu was a good student who planned to go to medical school.
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