This, from all appearances and from all evidence, seems to just be a horrific accident,” Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco previously told The Denver Post.

There are no words to truly express the profound sadness I feel with the sudden loss of someone who has meant so much to me,” Elway said.

Jeff Sperbeck, a longtime friend and business partner to Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway, has died after falling from a golf cart reportedly driven by Elway in La Quinta, Calif.