and a son. Following his diagnosis, the two children who had moved away from Montreal returned to the city. Proudfoot moved to The West Island Palliative Care Residence on 28 December 2010, and died two days later at the age of 61. A final Montreal Gazette column written by Proudfoot and published after his death, expressed his gratitude for his life, family, friends and the care he had received, and his pride that he had fought the illness with determination. Following his death, his brain was donated to research in sports-related brain damage. His brain, unlike others, showed no evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Published works References External links Tony Proudfoot Fund 1949 births 2010 deaths Anglophone Quebec people BC Lions players Canadian exercise instructors Canadian football defensive backs Canadian Football League announcers Concordia University faculty Dawson College faculty Deaths from motor neuron disease McGill University faculty Montreal Alouettes players People from Pointe-Claire Players of Canadian football from Manitoba Players of Canadian football from Quebec Canadian football people from Montreal Canadian football people from Winnipeg UNB Varsity Reds football players Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees Neurological disease deaths in Quebec