Mormon. Didn't drink.

"His son, former BYU receiver Toby Christensen, told The Associated Press that his liver problems started 25 years ago after a "botched" gall bladder operation."

Liked him 'American Gladiators'. :)

I don`t have enough posts here to put in a link but if you go to you tube... type in "Todd Christensens speech at 2007 sports spectacular ..." you will see a speech that goes far beyond football. Good man gone

I always liked Christensen and Allen.

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met todd back during my radio broadcast days, good guy. died on his birthday -- RIP

I thoroughly enjoyed listening to him; so very well spoken all the time; excellent perspective all things.

Gone too soon that's for sure.

Much too soon. I didn't know he had been suffering from liver disease, but figured "something" unusual had to have happened for him to die so young. I absolutely HATED him when he played ONLY because he was a Raida, but RESPECTED his game. He could play for my team any day.

R.I.P. Todd Christensen.

He was a good guy and will be missed by many.

RIP

RIP He was good.

I couldn't stand him as a player. Couldn't. Stand. Him. he was annoying and egotistical and his stats were inflated by the fact that he was listed as a tight end even though he couldn't block. But the hate more or less went away when he retired and stopped annoying me.

However, since I'm 50 I hate to see a 57 year-old person die of natural causes. That starts to hit close to home.

He didn't die of natural causes. He died of liver disease brought on, according to his son, by a botched gall bladder operation.