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Gene Stallings suffers 'minor' stroke, Pat Dye confirms

Pat Dye confirmed to AL.com on Monday afternoon Gene Stallings suffered a stroke earlier Monday.

The former Alabama coach suffered a "minor stroke" earlier in the day at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport, awaiting a flight to Huntsville for a speaking engagement with Dye.

The event has been postponed, Dye said.

The former Auburn coach said the stroke happened "around 10:30 or 11 a.m."

(1/3) "This morning, awaiting his flight to Huntsville, Coach Gene Stallings suffered a minor stroke @ Dallas-Ft Worth airport."

-- Coach Pat Dye (@CoachPatDye_) August 14, 2017

(2/3) "He has been taken to the hospital, but is in good spirits.