Charles Johnson, Super Bowl champion wide receiver, dies aged 50

• Johnson played nine seasons and won Super Bowl with Patriots
• Local TV outlet CBS 17 reports that cause of death is unknown

Charles Johnson, the steady wide receiver who played nine seasons in the NFL and won a Super Bowl with the New England Patriots near the end of his career, has died aged 50.

Johnson's death in Wake Forest, North Carolina, where he worked as the assistant athletic director at Heritage High School, was first reported by local TV outlet CBS 17, which added the cause of death is unknown.