Seahawks loss was death of him - not really

FOR ONE SEAHAWKS fan, Pete Carroll's call that led to Russell Wilson throwing an interception in the end zone with 20 seconds left in Super Bowl 49 was a matter of life and death.

At least that's what the obituary of 53-year-old Mike Vedvik said.

The obit, which appeared in the Spokesman-Review newspaper in Spokane, Wash., was written in part by one of Mike's sisters. It gave all the obligatory "survived by" information before revealing an unusual cause of death.

"We blame the Seahawks lousy play call for Mike's untimely demise," it read.

A good line. Too good actually.

Yesterday, Vedvik's wife Stephanie, told the newspaper that her husband didn't watch the game, and that he had a heart attack several hours after the Seahawks lost to the Patriots.

"He hadn't been feeling well on and off," she said "But he wouldn't go to the doctor. He thought it was indigestion or stress."

Stephanie found her husband dead in their home at 7 a.m. She said doctors estimated the time of death at 4 a.m.

When it came time to write the obit . . . well as they say in the newspaper business, "Never let the facts get in the way of a good story."

Stephanie said Dan Peters, Mike's brother-in-law added the cryptic, but funny line with her approval.

"My husband would have thought it was hysterical," she said. "If I had read this obituary to my husband about somebody else, he would have had a laugh."

The obit, by the way, had a clever ending too.

"Pastor Bob Smith will be officiating," it read.

Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman, who wears No. 25, and his girlfriend Ashley Moss had a baby boy yesterday.

Leave it Sherman to notice the kid was born on 2-5.

"Is it a coincidence or is he just that clever?!" Sherman tweeted. "Either way I'm ecstatic."