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Services set for former Dillard, UM standout Leonard Myers

Leonard Myers, who starred at the University of Miami before playing on the New England Patriots’ first Super Bowl championship team, died Friday morning at a Fort Lauderdale hospital after a battle with cancer.

Myers was 38.

Services were set for Myers with the wake set for Friday night and the funeral on Saturday. A Dillard High alumni party is set in Myers’ honor as well.

A wake will be held Friday at McWhite Funeral Home at 3501 Broward Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale from 5-9 p.m.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.