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Longtime Associated Press photographer, Dave Martin, based in Montgomery, Ala., died after collapsing on the Georgia Dome field at the Chick-fil-A Bowl on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013. Martin was 59.

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In this Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013, photo, AP Photographer Dave Martin, second from right, works during the first half of an NFL football game between the Carolina Panthers and the Atlanta Falcons, in Atlanta. Martin, a longtime Associated Press photographer based in Montgomery, Ala., died after collapsing on the Georgia Dome field at the Chick-fil-A Bowl on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013. Martin was 59.John Bazemore/The Associated Press

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Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin is dunked in the closing seconds of a 52-48 win over Duke in the the Chick-fil-A Bowl NCAA college football game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013, in Atlanta.Dave Martin/The Associated Press

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Crude oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon spill is seen inside a wave as it washes ashore in Orange Beach, Ala., Saturday, June 12, 2010.Dave Martin/The Associated Press

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Jeff Gammons tries to walk against the wind and rain of Hurricane Lili as it neared landfall near New Iberia, Louisana, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2002.DAVE MARTIN/The Associated Press

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Mark Bailey holds his fiance Belinda Mammack as they relax in an emergency shelter at Theodore High School, Ala., Friday, Aug. 30, 1985.Dave Martin/The Associated Press

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(L-R) Key West residents Brian Goss, George Wallace and Michael Mooney, hold on to each other as they battle 90 mph winds along Houseboat Row in Key West, Fla., after the three had sought shelter behind a Key West hotel as Hurricane Georges descended on the Florida Keys Sept. 25, 1998.Dave Martin/The Associated Press

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Phil Mickelson celebrates after winning the Masters golf tournament with at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., April 11, 2004.Dave Martin/The Associated Press

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