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Griffin brothers’ agent, Buddy Baker, loses parents to coronavirus

In a heartfelt video shared to Twitter, NFL agent Buddy Baker revealed his parents died six minutes apart from COVID-19 complications.

Buddy Baker, the longtime sports agent and CEO of Exclusive Sports Group, posted a heartfelt message on his Twitter account Tuesday afternoon revealing his parents recently died of complications due to the coronavirus.

Baker represents Seattle Seahawks players Shaquill and Shaquem Griffin, as well as former star Seattle wide receiver Doug Baldwin.

Baker’s parents were married 51 years and were healthy before contracting the virus and developing COVID-19, which killed them six minutes apart from each other.

Baker made the choice to share his story on social media not for sympathy, but as a call to action for folks who aren’t practicing social distancing and are continuing to put people at risk.

“We usually look for a positive thing to be an inspiration,” Baker said. “We hope that what’s happened to us and our family inspires others to start needing and unifying with each other to make the right choice and the challenging choice.”

Baker’s inspirational video in light of such tragedy caught the eye of Baldwin, who shared the video on his own Twitter account.

Our thoughts are with Baker and everyone else suffering loss during this global pandemic.

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Longtime NFL agent says coronavirus claims lives of both parents within minutes

The parents of longtime NFL agent Buddy Baker passed away due to complications from coronavirus. Bakers’ parents were married for 51 years, the agent for players such as Seahawks WR Doug Baldwin and twins Shaquill and Shaquem Griffin, said. And they …

The parents of longtime NFL agent Buddy Baker passed away due to complications from coronavirus. Bakers’ parents were married for 51 years, the agent for players such as Seahawks WR Doug Baldwin and twins Shaquill and Shaquem Griffin, said. And they tragically passed six minutes apart.

Watch the emotional video posted on Twitter by Baker:

In loving memory of my mom and dad- please make the tough and right choice and help stop the spreading of this virus.

“As many of you know my parents recently contracted COVID-19 and unfortunately passed away this past Sunday due to complications,” Baker said in the video. “My parents were amazing people. They were married 51-plus years and they passed away six minutes apart.

“Just a few weeks ago, they were in perfect health.”

Baker, the President/CEO of Exclusive Sports Group, continued:

“We live in a world of ‘it can’t happen to me,’ ‘it can’t happen to us,’ ‘ can’t happen to my family,'” Baker said. “Well, it happened to us.

“We’d like to take this time to make people start thinking about making a change. While the CDC and all the regulatory bodies make suggestions of what we should do, I’m not sure everyone really understands the importance of it. Hopefully, this can be a catalyst for a change.”
Indianapolis Colts tight end Jack Doyle posted a message on Twitter, too.
My agent but even more my good friend lost both his parents to COVID-19 this week. Hoping his message can save someone else’s life. Please watch.