Famed NFL Linebacker Found Dead in CA

Police say former NFL star Junior Seau has been found dead in an apparent suicide at his home in Southern California.

Published

about 1 year ago

Categories

Sports, Pro Sports, US

Topics

Sports, Pro Sports, United States

People

Found Dead, Junior Seau

Places

United States of America, California

Tags

football players, nfl, suicide

Transcript

one of the best nfl players of his generation has died during your stay out of power lee committed suicide today and that is again raising questions about the toll taken by a heavy hitting sports the cbc news poll hunter has the details there's a crowd gathered outside his california home and then stunned friends and relatives she is mourned up openly among them the junior sailors mother yeah yeah i didn't do bad i had one thought to jump quickly to the minds of most if not just why did a former nfl star killed himself at age forty three hours police believed to have happened it's this case at this point is being investigated has a suicide and a handgun was found near a body but rather dainty he killed himself because of brain damage suffered during his twenty years in pro football and hundreds of hard tackles that came with it considers how to say always discovered this morning unconscious suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest and just last month that there is a former player ray easterling also shot himself at age sixty two his wife says dimension said even after his career ended there are dozens of lawsuits against the nfl claiming a league has intentionally ignored the problem philippe denys that then there's the nhl in short order last year a heavy hitter derrick hougaard in white died of a drug overdose and raped redmond after battling depression killed himself sparking debate around that lead on the effects of relentless heat still ahead sales by the way he drove his car off a cliff in twenty two and denying it wasn't suicide attempts here his death now will no doubt bring greater scrutiny of brain injuries in a game that pays its players well today they hit each other and it's hard and has often has they can paul hunter cbc news washington