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Old 05-02-2012, 03:38 PM   #1
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Default Former NFL star Junior Seau Found Dead at Home
NFL legend Junior Seau found dead at his California home

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-sh...182120394.html

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Pro football great and Oceanside sports legend Junior Seau has apparently committed suicide, found by a housekeeper with a gunshot wound to the chest, according to multiple sources.
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Old 05-02-2012, 03:46 PM   #2
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Junior Seau Latest In String of NFL Suicides ... Concussions Blamed

http://www.tmz.com/2012/05/02/junior-seau-nfl-suicide/

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http://thisbluemarble.com/showthread...e+concussio n
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This is really getting to be an epidemic. I wonder if the NFL will step up to the challenge?
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Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy is being detected in the veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan at high rates and is associated with the high suicide rate among Vets. The NYT just had an article about it:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/26/op...ease.html?_r=1
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