Editing Gene Upshaw (section)

==Death==
[[File:Gene Upshaw GU patch.jpg|right|100px]]
In mid-August 2008 at his home in [[Lake Tahoe]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601079&sid=a7DrqARApALY&refer=home|title=Hall of Famer Gene Upshaw, Head of NFL Players' Union, Dies |last1=Arnold|first1=Laurence|last2=Kuriloff|first2=Aaron|date=August 21, 2007|work=[[Bloomberg L.P.]]|access-date=August 21, 2008}}</ref> Upshaw began to feel ill. His wife Terri (née Buich) noticed that his breathing was labored, so she convinced him to go to the [[emergency room]], where he was diagnosed with [[pancreatic cancer]] on August 17. On August 20, Upshaw died with Terri and his sons Eugene III, Justin, and Daniel by his side, five days after his 63rd birthday.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/22/sports/football/22upshaw.html|title=Gene Upshaw, N.F.L. Union Chief, Dies |last=Battista|first=Judy|date=August 21, 2007|work=[[New York Times]]|access-date=August 21, 2008}}</ref> The Cancer Center at the hospital in Truckee, California where he died was named in his memory.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tahoecancercenter.com/|title=Tahoe Forest Cancer Center &#124; Truckee CA|website=tahoecancercenter.com}}</ref>

After his death, the NFL announced that all 32 teams would wear a patch on their jerseys with the initials "GU" and the number 63 for the opening weekend of the [[2008 NFL season|2008 season]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=3563858|title=Players to wear uniform patch to honor Upshaw|date=September 1, 2008|website=ESPN.com}}</ref> Beginning in the second week of the season, all teams wore the patch as a decal on their backs of their helmets instead of a shoulder patch; while the Raiders continued to wear the shoulder patch throughout the season.

In 2011, his son Eugene Upshaw III filed a lawsuit in Fairfax County Circuit Court regarding how the will was handled at the time of his father's death, stating his father was too ill to be able to understand the document he was signing.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Gene Upshaw's Will – or was it really his Will?|url = http://www.pennsylvaniafiduciarylitigation.com/2011/06/articles/probate-litigation-in-the-news/gene-upshaws-will-or-was-it-really-his-will/|website = Pennsylvania Fiduciary Litigation|access-date = October 29, 2015|date = June 15, 2011}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|title = Gene Upshaw had $15 million fund from NFL players union|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/gene-upshaw-had-15-million-fund-from-nfl-players-union/2011/05/04/AFojGsrF_story.html|newspaper = The Washington Post|date = May 4, 2011|access-date = October 29, 2015|issn = 0190-8286|language = en|first = Tom|last = Jackman}}</ref> The case was settled out of court prior to the trial, but the facts of the case created more conflict between retired players and the NFLPA, with several prominent retired players/advocates lashing out at Upshaw and his family for a $15 million payment in his will and citing the large number of disabled and broke veterans who had no resources; however, the reporting also showed that the $15 million was a deferred payment from Upshaw's long tenure as the NFLPA head and the money was taken out of his salary during that time and served as a de facto pension separate from the issues that were causing controversy.<ref name=":1" />