Dolphins’ Tua Tagovailoa donates $10K to household of fan who died – ESPN – Miami Dolphins Weblog

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  • Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNJun 7, 2023, 04:58 PM ET

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      Marcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter protecting the Buffalo Payments, earlier than switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The previous Carolina Panthers beat author for the Charlotte Observer received the APSE award for breaking information and the South Carolina Press Affiliation award for enterprise writing in 2018.

MIAMI — Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa donated $10,000 to the household of a Dolphins superfan who died final week.

Eric Carmona, who helped coin the phrase “TuAnon” and infrequently posted supportive movies of Tagovailoa to social media whereas sporting a rubber dolphin masks, died in a motorbike accident Thursday in California. He was 30 years outdated and is survived by his spouse and their 4 youngsters.

His mates created a GoFundMe web page to financially help his household. Inside three hours, the marketing campaign raised almost $13,000. 4 days later, the fund eclipsed $60,000, which included the donation from Tagovailoa, a $7,000 donation from Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill, and $1,000 donations every from Dolphins linebacker Andrew van Ginkel and crew CEO Tom Garfinkel.

“We household fins know that,” Hill tweeted after his donation.

Tagovailoa was requested about Carmona after the crew’s necessary minicamp observe Wednesday.

“Out of my respect to him … I simply need his spouse and youngsters to know that we’re praying for them and that we’re pondering of them,” Tagovailoa stated.

Carmona’s movies gained huge recognition all through the Dolphins’ fan base over the previous two years. In them, he used a voice modulator to masks his voice and defend Tagovailoa from what he felt have been undeserved criticisms. His identification was not identified to the general public till his dying.


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