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Vince Wilfork’s worthy cause

By Adrian Walker

 |  Globe Columnist  

  April 16, 2012

Vince Wilfork, the mammoth New England Patriots defensive lineman, has a charity passion that he comes by honestly. For most of his career he has quietly raised money for diabetes research, hoping for a cure for a disease that killed his father and has stricken many other members of his family. On the night of the NFL draft later this month, he will use his celebrity to get his fans to think about one of the country’s fastest growing epidemics.

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