Chuck Blazer, one-time USSF executive vice president, CONCACAF secretary general, and FIFA executive committee member, has passed away at the age of 72. His passing was confirmed by his lawyer to the New York Times.
Lawyer for Chuck Blazer confirms his death. Here's Jere Longman's profile from 2015: https://t.co/E3sOuJEpss
— NYT Sports (@NYTSports) July 13, 2017
USSF president Sunil Gulati also confirmed Blazer’s passing via e-mail.
US Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati confirmed to ESPN FC via email that Chuck Blazer passed away.
— Jeff Carlisle (@JeffreyCarlisle) July 13, 2017
Blazer’s decades-long career in soccer administration eventually ended in disgrace; he began working with the FBI in 2011 to help their investigation into FIFA, followed by some very memorable arrests in Zurich in May 2015 at the behest of then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch.