FARGO, ND – Veteran Broadcasting Personality Ed Schultz, whose Quarry took him from quarterback to a Minnesota college on national radio and television, including hosting a show on MSNBC, who died Thursday, according to his son. He was 64 years old.

Schultz died in Washington, where he cast the anchor "News with Ed Schultz," the flagship show of RT America, a station funded by Russia and known as Russian Today.

"on MSNBC from 2009 to 2015.

His son David Schultz, who lives in Fargo, North Dakota, said his father died of natural causes, but declined to provide more details [19659010] "He was an incredible father and husband. "His family and friends are extremely, extremely sad at the moment, and we thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers, as well as for the privacy of our family."

Schultz s & # 39; He flourished as a college footballer in 1977. Headed NCAA Division II while passing while he was a quarterback at Minnesota State-Moorhead University, after trying for the NFL and the Canadian teams. , he began a career as a sports journalist on television and radio in the Fargo and Moorhead area along the Minnesota-North Dakota border

Schultz also kept a home on Big Detroit Lake in Minnesota, where his college coach, Ross Fortier, also lives, according to Larry Scott, the school's athletics.

Schultz and his former coach have remained close over the decades, said Scott

Schultz is survived by his wife, Wendy, and six children.

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