Junior Seau Confirmed Dead
 

Just got a text from a co-worker (former co-worker)

Trying to find out more

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Holy shit!! Noooo

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Just saw this too

[url=http://www.tmz.com/2012/05/02/junior-seau-shooting-police/#.T6F3C78mRXU]Junior Seau -- Cops Investigating Shooting Involving NFL Star | TMZ.com[/url]

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Again unconfirmed, but I'm hearing he took his own life

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Wow....
NOT what I wanted to hear....

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What the hell? Dude had way too much to live for.

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It's all over twitter, but nothing confirmed. This is just horrible.

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Heartbreaking
[url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/may/02/report-of-shooting-at-seaus-home/]Report of shooting at Seau’s home | UTSanDiego.com[/url]

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TMZ is now reporting that he is dead

[url=http://www.tmz.com/2012/05/02/junior-seau-dead/#.T6F5cbN5H4M]Junior Seau Dead -- Cops Investigating Shooting | TMZ.com[/url]

This is terrible

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man, really sad if this is true

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I'm shocked.

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All time great. just so sad

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Just came to share this!


Crazy news. Apparently, he had major issues. Drove his car off a cliff in 2010.

[url=http://www.10news.com/news/30993007/detail.html]Report: Shooting At Junior Seau's Oceanside Home - San Diego News Story - KGTV San Diego[/url]

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News 10 in San Diego is reporting that it was a suicide.

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[quote=12thMan;914639]News 10 in San Diego is reporting that it was a suicide.[/quote]

I knew he was really struggling with his life the past few years, but I thought it was just the usual difficulties of adjusting to life outside playing in the NFL. Never knew it was this bad

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[quote=12thMan;914639]News 10 in San Diego is reporting that it was a suicide.[/quote]

Look right above you. (link)

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Wow, this is pretty bizarre...

Pro Football Weekly ‏ @ProFootballWkly
RT @SI_LeeJenkins: Seau is the eighth member of the Chargers '94 Super Bowl team to pass

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WOW, don't like to hear these sort of things.

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How sad for his kids! He was one of the all time the best S.D. Chargers ever. RIP

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Wonder if he was having mental breakdowns from all those hits over the course of his career? Didn't Dave Duerson commit suicide over this same thing?

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He did so much for the San Diego community.

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[quote=NC_Skins;914651]Wonder if he was having mental breakdowns from all those hits over the course of his career? Didn't Dave Duerson commit suicide over this same thing?[/quote]

I know he had depression issues. I don't know if they were related to concussions/brain damage.

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He was 43. I'm 43. WOW, so sad.

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Reported that it was a gunshot wound to the chest like Dave Duerson. Unconfirmed though.

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[quote=12thMan;914657]Reported that it was a gunshot wound to the chest like Dave Duerson. Unconfirmed though.[/quote]

I'm no expert on this, but it's my understanding self inflicted shots to the chest generally mean they want to preserve the brain. Probably for research

2nd NFL suicide in less than 2 weeks. Awful

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Damn. Sad to think he did this so soon after he retired. I feel bad for his family.

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[quote=SmootSmack;914655]I know he had depression issues. I don't know if they were related to [B]concussions/brain damage[/B].[/quote]

Seems like it could be likely.

Shame.

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Sad but not surprised after his driving off the cliff accident.

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[quote=SmootSmack;914659]I'm no expert on this, but it's my understanding self inflicted shots to the chest generally mean they want to preserve the brain. Probably for research

2nd NFL suicide in less than 2 weeks. Awful[/quote]

Drawing a blank..remind me who was the other recent one?

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[quote=12thMan;914664]Drawing a blank..remind me who was the other recent one?[/quote]

Right here in Richmond, Ray Easterling.

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Easterling]Ray Easterling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/url]

one of the originial few to file the suit against the NFL

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Seau is the 8th Charger to die from the '94 team.

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[URL="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/03/sports/football/03duerson.html"]http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/03/sports/football/03duerson.html[/URL]

This.

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wow, this is very sad on a lot of different levels. I'm not sure if anyone agrees, but as we learn more and more of the after effects of concussions/brain trauma, it's making it harder to enjoy the NFL as a whole.

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I fear that in that too distant future, there will be a movement to ban the sport all together.

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[quote=BleedBurgundy;914672]wow, this is very sad on a lot of different levels. I'm not sure if anyone agrees, but as we learn more and more of the after effects of concussions/brain trauma,[B] it's making it harder to enjoy the NFL as a whole.[/B][/quote]

Starting to look that way.

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So, can we get people to stop talking about Goodell making this a pansy league? There are a lot of good clean hits even without headshots and other things.

No one wants to see there favorite NFL star committing suicide in his 40's regardless of what team they root for.

Good luck to his family as they deal with this tragedy :(

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[quote=12thMan;914673]I fear that in that too distant future, there will be a movement to ban the sport all together.[/quote]

Will never happen I know you should never say never but theres to much $$$$$ in this game/business.

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Sadly Seau tried to kill himself a while ago by running his car over a cliff while he was driving. Can't confirm this but I've got a close friend out in SD who told me that Seau couldn't get over a real bad break up w/ someone. That's apparently why he tried to kill himself in the car. Not sure if it was his wife or not but obviously he fell into a deep depression after this break up. Sucks...he has 3 kids.

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[quote=NYCskinfan82;914677]Will never happen I know you should never say never but theres to much $$$$$ in this game/business.[/quote]

Again, I'm not saying it will be successful -- but NFL fans should brace for the inevitable.

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[quote=skinsfan69;914679]Sadly Seau tried to kill himself a while ago by running his car over a cliff while he was driving. Can't confirm this but I've got a close friend out in SD who told me that Seau couldn't get over a real bad break up w/ someone. That's apparently why he tried to kill himself in the car. Not sure if it was his wife or not but obviously he fell into a deep depression after this break up. Sucks...he has 3 kids.[/quote]

Wasn't he charged with domestic violence the same day he "fell asleep at the wheel" and drove off a cliff