George Atkinson, a hard-hitting former Raiders safety who struck fear in the opposition, has died. He was 78.
The Raiders announced Atkinson's death on Monday. The team didn't reveal a cause of death. Atkinson had disclosed he was suffering symptoms consistent with CTE in a 2016 interview with the San Jose Mercury News.

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