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Christian Mortensen was born to tailor Jens Karl Martinus Mortensen and his wife Maren Therkelsen Thybo in the village of Skårup in Fruering parish near the city of Skanderborg, Denmark, on August 16, 1882. He began work as a tailor's apprentice in Skanderborg at age 16, in 1898, and later took work as a farmhand. [2]
Chris Mortensen was a Christian, and lived in Bella Vista, Arkansas. [1] [16] On January 15, 2016, Mortensen announced via an ESPN statement that he had been diagnosed with stage IV throat cancer and would consequently be taking a leave of absence from his on-air work at the cable network. [18]
This list comprises Danish supercentenarians (people from Denmark who have attained the age of at least 110 years), according to the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). The oldest Dane is Christian Mortensen, who emigrated to the United States in 1903, where he died on 25 April 1998, aged 115 years, 252 days.
Mortensen eventually returned to ESPN and made television appearances on the network. His role was revised in 2019 so he could focus more on breaking news, per the Sports Business Journal.
Mortensen first joined ESPN in 1991, and quickly became one of the top NFL reporters in the country. He was a regular on the network’s top shows and frequently broke some of the biggest news ...
Chris Mortensen, an award-winning journalist who reported on the NFL for ESPN for decades, died Sunday. He was 72. Mortensen’s family confirmed the news to ESPN. While a cause of death was not ...
Alexander Christian Mortensen (born November 24, 1985) is an American football coach and former player. He played college football as a quarterback for the Arkansas Razorbacks and the Samford Bulldogs. He was signed by the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent in 2009.
Chris Mortensen, an award-winning journalist and longtime NFL insider for ESPN, has died, the network announced. He was 72. Mortensen was a fixture on ESPN for three decades, appearing on ...