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McCarthy brothers among 5 siblings

Posted January 21, 2015 10:00 pm

The Associated Press

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - Green Bay Packers fans took to Twitter to express condolences on the death of coach Mike McCarthy's younger brother. Some used the hashtag "perspective" in reference to the Packers season-ending loss to Seattle in Sunday's NFC championship game.

Forty-seven-year-old Joe McCarthy died Wednesday at a hospital in McCandless, Pennsylvania. He was taken there after collapsing at a local gym. An autopsy Thursday should determine the cause of his death.

The Packers coach and his younger brother were the only sons of Joe and Ellen McCarthy. Siblings also include three sisters. The Journal Sentinel (http://bit.ly/1CFJ3wm ) says Mike and Joe McCarthy played sports together growing up and worked cleaning their father's bar in Greenfield neighborhood of Pittsburgh.

Joe McCarthy III ran his own law firm in the Pittsburgh area.

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Information from: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, http://www.jsonline.com

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