Teen athlete collapses, dies at school

He was a star football player, a seemingly healthy athlete who had passed school physicals required to participate in sports. But as students at John D. O'Bryant High School in Roxbury reveled in the excitement of their imminent summer break yesterday morning, 17-year-old Jonathan Joseph collapsed and died while playing basketball on a school court with three friends. (Full article: 634 words)

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