Junior SeauWIKIMEDIA COMMONS, JJ HALL
Former Pro Bowl linebacker Junior Seau died yesterday (May 2) from what police are calling a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. The tragedy makes Seau, who played for the San Diego Chargers, Miami Dolphins, and New England Patriots during his career, the third former-NFL player to commit suicide in the last 15 months. Speculation is swirling that Seau's death, like the other two suicides, might all be linked to the head injuries the players enduring during their years on the football field.
Former Atlanta Falcon Ray Easterling and former Chicago Bear Dave Duerson also shot themselves recently, and both were suspected to have symptoms of dementia. Duerson even requested that his brain be used for research, and after his death, researchers at the Boston ...
