Friend, representative of John Elway speaks about agent's death
FOX31 Denver
[{'start': '1.734', 'end': '5.805', 'text': "REPORTING LIVE HERE IN A   WHILE, THE U.S. FOX. 31. ALL   RIGHT, ALINA, THANK YOU.   >> ONLY ON FOX. 31 TONIGHT WE   ARE HEARING FROM A   REPRESENTATIVE FOR JOHN ELWAY.   THIS IS THE FIRST INTERVIEW   SINCE THE TRAGIC ACCIDENT THAT   CLAIMED THE LIFE OF ELWAY'S   BUSINESS PARTNER AND FORMER   AGENT. AND IT ALL HAPPENED ON   SATURDAY NIGHT LA QUINTA,   CALIFORNIA. THIS IS ABOUT 20   MILES FROM PALM SPRINGS LA,   HIS FORMER AGENT JEFF SPUR   BACK AND THEIR WIVES WERE ALL   LEAVING A PARTY AT A PRIVATE   RESORT WAS FOR BACK SELL OFF   THE CARD IN HIS HEAD,   SUFFERING A TRAUMATIC BRAIN   INJURY THAT ULTIMATELY KILLED   HIM. YEAH. AND POLITICAL   ANALYSTS SAY BOY AND HE'S ALSO   A REPRESENTATIVE FOR ELWAY. HE   SAYS THE FOOTBALL GREAT IS   DEVASTATED AND KEEPING HIS   FOCUS ON HIS GOOD FRIENDS. OUR   GREG NIETO SAT DOWN WITH ANDY   EARLIER TODAY. HE'S JOINING US   NOW LIVE WITH MORE TONIGHT.   GREG.   >> YEAH, CHRISTINE   REPRESENTATIVE AND A FRIEND OF   JOHN ELWAY, I ASKED HIM IF YOU   COULD FILL IN THE BLANKS   LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT   HAPPENED SATURDAY NIGHT DOWN   IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. IF   PERHAPS ALCOHOL WAS INVOLVED   IN THE EVENTS, HE DIDN'T WANT   TO ANSWER ANY OF THOSE   QUESTIONS. HE SAYS HE PREFERS   TO KEEP THE FOCUS ON TO   FAMILIES AND THEIR GRIEF   MOVING FORWARD.   >> MATTER HOW YOU LOOK AT IT   AND THE BOY AND SAYS THIS IS A   TRAGIC STORY ABOUT LOSING A   BEST FRIEND MEANT TO BE A FUN   WEEK ENDED HER NEW BUCKET   TRUCK POINT IN THE LONGTIME PR   PRO AND SELF-DESCRIBED A   CASUAL FRIEND OF JOHN ELWAY   SITTING DOWN WITH US TONIGHT   TO FILL IN THE BLANKS OF NOT   SO MUCH. WHAT MAY HAVE   HAPPENED SATURDAY NIGHT NEAR   PALM SPRINGS, BUT THE GRIEF   LEFT BEHIND. THERE ARE A LOT   OF PEOPLE I'VE SPOKEN TO IN   LAST 48 HOURS THAT REALLY ARE   HOPEFUL.   >> FOR JOHN AND ARE FEELING   THIS WITH JOHN AUTHORITIES SAY   ELWAY AND BEST FRIEND JEFF   SPUR BACK. WE'RE RIDING IN A   GOLF CART WHICH INCLUDED THEIR   SPOUSES. AND WE'RE HEADING   BACK FROM A CONCERT IN LA   QUINTA. CALIFORNIA. WHEN SPUR   BACK FALLS OUT OF THE BACK OF   THAT GOLF CART HITS HIS HEAD,   LOSES CONSCIOUSNESS AND IS   RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL IN   GRAVE CONDITION. TMZ REPORTING   AT THE TIME THAT ELWAY, HE'S   THE ONE WHO QUICKLY CALLED   9-1-1, UNFORTUNATELY SPUR BACK   PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY. HE   CERTAINLY ENJOYS TIME WITH   FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND   ESPECIALLY ENJOYED SOME WITH   JEFF. AND USING THE GRIEVING   PROCESS. NOW, THE 62 YEAR-OLD   FATHER OF 3 CONSIDER TO BE THE   HALL OF FAME QUARTERBACKS.   BEST FRIEND, BUSINESS PARTNER   AND ONE WHO REPRESENTED MORE   THAN 100 PLAYERS IN HIS   PROFESSIONAL CAREER. NOW BOYNE   DIDN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE   EVENTS IN THE INVESTIGATION,   PREFERRING TO KEEP THE FOCUS   ON THE HERE. AND NOW AND THE   SUPPORT THAT THIS COLORADO   ROYALTY COULD USE FROM HIS   STATE. THIS IS SOMEBODY WHO   IS, AS YOU SAID, HE'S REALLY   CHARACTERIZED AS SUPERHERO IN   THIS COMMUNITY AND HE WILL   RAIN. SO AND THE REALIZATION   OF LOSING THAT BEST FRIEND   PROCESS, REALLY THE GRIEVING   HAS JUST BEGUN. THAT'S WHERE   WE ARE.   >> AND I CHECKED IN WITH THE   RIVERSIDE COUNTY SHERIFF'S   OFFICE TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY   UPDATE IN THE INVE"}]