TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- Florida A&M interim athletic director Nelson Townsend has died. He was 73.University President Elmira Mangum said Townsend was a compassionate human being.
"The university lost a dear friend, excellent leader and administrator," she said in a statement. "We will miss Nelson Townsend. We join his wife and family in mourning this great loss."
The Rev. R.B. Holmes, Townsend's pastor at Bethel Missionary Baptist church, said he is currently with Townsend's family. Townsend collapsed earlier this morning before an 8:30 a.m. meeting, said FAMU spokesman Jimmy Miller.
"He was a great man," Holmes said.
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