Barstool Sports personality and former golf pro Cody “Beef” Franke has died after a “sudden medical issue.”

“Barstool lost a member of our family this weekend. Just tragic news,” founder and owner Dave Portnoy said on social media. “You will never find a nicer more genuine person than Beef. It’s hard to even process it right now. Just another cruel reminder that tomorrow is never promised and to live each day to its fullest. #Ripbeef”

Dan “Big Cat” Katz, another Barstool host, said during a Monday recording that Franke was at a wedding in the Dominican Republic when the incident occured.

Franke, 31, was a native of Lake Villa, Illinois. He was also a golf pro at courses in California and Wisconsin who made viral videos prior to joining Barstool earlier this year. He was a freq

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