{"id":13918,"date":"2011-08-03T19:04:41","date_gmt":"2011-08-03T23:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=13918"},"modified":"2011-08-03T19:04:41","modified_gmt":"2011-08-03T23:04:41","slug":"bubba-smith-dead-nfl-star-police-academy-star-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=13918","title":{"rendered":"Bubba Smith DEAD: NFL Star &amp; Police Academy Star Passes Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=13918\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13919\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"bubba smith header\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/bubba-smith-header.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a>By Geno McGahee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RSR is sad to report the passing of Bubba Smith, the former NFL star and popular actor in the POLICE ACADEMY movie franchise. He was 66 years old, and the death is being considered one of \u201cnatural causes.\u201d There were no signs of foul play at his Baldwin Hills Home, where he was found dead this afternoon. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The autopsy will be performed later this week on the former defensive end and tackle for the Baltimore Colts, Oakland Raiders, and Houston Oilers.<\/p>\n<p>RIP Bubba Smith. Our condolences are with the Smith family.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Family-Secret-Forris-Day-Jr\/dp\/B004GLZ4YG\/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1309134704&amp;sr=1-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11987\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"family secret ad pic\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/family-secret-ad-pic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"143\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/BookStore\/BookDetail.aspx?Book=232300\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11989\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"boxing interviews ad bio\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/boxing-interviews-ad-bio1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"143\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Yesterdays-News-Pamela-Jean-Murawski\/dp\/1607036185\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1310486560&amp;sr=1-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11987\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"family secret ad pic\" src=\" http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/yesterdays-news-pic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"143\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?page_id=1371\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11990\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"advertise header2\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/advertise-header2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"143\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Geno McGahee RSR is sad to report the passing of Bubba Smith, the former NFL star and popular actor in the POLICE ACADEMY movie franchise. He was 66 years old, and the death is being considered one of \u201cnatural causes.\u201d There were no signs of foul play at his Baldwin Hills Home, where he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[4393,2825,1460],"class_list":["post-13918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-bubba-smith","tag-dead","tag-police-academy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13918\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}