February 24th, 2010 
Matt Loede 
Posted in Former Patriots running back Mosi Tatupu has died according to Boston.com:
Former Patriots running back Mosi Tatupu has died at the age of 54, according to several news reports.
The Honolulu Star-Bulletin said Tatupu, a native of America Samoa who played 13 seasons for the Patriots, died Tuesday, but a cause of death was not known.
Barry Markowitz, a family friend, told the Star-Bulletin, “He had some health issues.”
The Patriots drafted Tatupu in the eighth round of the 1978 draft out of the University of Southern California. He was born in Pago Pago, American Samoa, and was a schoolboy football star at Punahou High in Honolulu. He held the Hawaii state record for career yards for 17 years, according to the newspaper’s web site.
