{"id":119428,"date":"2026-06-13T23:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T23:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/13\/former-nfl-defensive-lineman-aldon-smith-dies-at-age-36-espn\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T23:52:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T23:52:00","slug":"former-nfl-defensive-lineman-aldon-smith-dies-at-age-36-espn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/13\/former-nfl-defensive-lineman-aldon-smith-dies-at-age-36-espn\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NFL defensive lineman Aldon Smith dies at age 36 &#8211; ESPN"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxNQXFLLUFqVUE1cEdKNjVqX3E0LVUtdGNWbGlmTjhWbl8yZjRNN0dJX2hKbldJeVY4ZDdkXzA0bGVuNUNnbjRjak1sTXRELWpoY0pWQU9QMGVfYi1HWkZlU3A0c3NuNDc1WXlKVHE3eldEYXFTRW5qQXlrY29kR3liY2hYdGZDSlphRmJDWThLZlNIUE93dG8tVWh5a2pHQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Former NFL defensive lineman Aldon Smith dies at age 36<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">ESPN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifEFVX3lxTFA0cWlhSTd2bFhxNWZUa3NIY19WUmhjbUJCSHVJNTlLazRwaHNfTkloYWc3VGtHYWMwN2JuS3czUlpjU0t0YjNZS2RZSjVQd3NvMW53TDJ2TjFlQWtCMm5mcTZBVndjd0ZHT2JmMkk0bUlsLW5LcWZPemV0d2w?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Former 49ers All-Pro linebacker Aldon Smith dies at 36<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMibkFVX3lxTE9OZHlmVDZwX3JUc0kyRlZQLVoxUGx6MnVvb0NzcUczSV95RENWMnNjckIta2JzZ2NyMXFKRE5jSVNRODFQMDZ2c3ZWMnN1YVlLTW5VVTNWUmowODNyUzc0OGRLaTc3dlVKOGVYbVZB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">49ers Mourn Passing of Aldon Smith<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">San Francisco 49ers<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxNTWlBeGNsaG5qbmY2Zi00Sk1tUE84ZklRd0YyV1VtRzRiVFpxeVJxMElGLW1uVXExUDhMeU9YRURSa1h3MGp5MWRCY29udG9pX2hSakRYbFB5WWNoOEZVNzIyR3VmREZPQzFSRko2LWl1cDdUajVnRk1sRnhqTU12aGlvb25xR3lqSndXWTRRX0FQbmxUTUVMWjYyd19naG9fSDM0QklHeWFYR0xM0gGyAUFVX3lxTFAyM0NjU09RNURHYnJqRzdKMUE3eENrMnJ0VTVWNDJBT3VzNlRONHNGR0U3RlpnRWRrQmlWOXJtQXJrcWtoOUFuTWpFSkhGRUJvSVhBNmQxNkN4Z0k0N0FyalNpRWNNdEwtUkR3SVh6LXpUUzZxNlZWV3dmOFV5SGZieWM1Q2JBUWpnRm1TdVNic1M0d1JhMkNDZ0kyNXU4bjdGbUdPdlE2T3FNaGZ5XzhBa0E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">49ers announce death of Aldon Smith at 36, once the fastest player to reach 30 sacks in NFL history<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Fox News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMieEFVX3lxTE1oRW5RUGIzUlJJUl9ZeS10UFU5LWhLTHRNVG5sLW8xbkZxeWxtOHZoS3IwaFp1cmdsZ2dfVTZGUWw3bFM2a2RrbEJVUzA1MzNlM00zOEhsblRubFBscTZzOXVyTFl0WUFWakNjMC00TnpzZFRzNXhCTw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Raiders mourn the passing of Aldon Smith<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Raiders.com<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former NFL defensive lineman Aldon Smith dies at age 36&nbsp;&nbsp;ESPN Former 49ers All-Pro linebacker Aldon Smith dies at 36&nbsp;&nbsp;NBC News 49ers Mourn Passing of Aldon&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/13\/former-nfl-defensive-lineman-aldon-smith-dies-at-age-36-espn\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119428\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}