Sports anchor Daryl Hawks, 38, of WMAQ-TV NBC5 Chicago, was found unresponsive at an Atlanta hotel by staff Thursday morning after he failed to answer a wake-up call. Hawks was there to cover Game 6 of the Bulls series against the Hawks. He was taken to Emory University Hospital Midtown, where he was pronounced dead, police said. Authorities said foul play is not suspected.
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By Deanese Williams-Harris Tribune reporter
3:26 p.m. CDT, August 10, 2011
NBC5 Chicago sportscaster Daryl Hawks, found dead in his Atlanta hotel room in May, died of a heart attack possibly caused by hypertension, officials said today.
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