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Mike Webster, 50, Dies; Troubled Football Hall of Famer By FRANK LITSKY. Mike Webster, whose Hall of Fame pro football career was followed by more than a decade of physical and psychological turmoil apparently brought on by repeated blows to the head on the field, died yesterday in a Pittsburgh hospital. He was 50. The cause of death was a heart attack, the Pittsburgh Steelers said.
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- MESQUITE – James Edward Ryan, 68 years old, passed away Sunday, June 7, 2015, peacefully at his home. He was born November 16, 1946, in Portland, Maine.
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Does CTE, The Brain Disease Found In NFL Players, Really Exist? Last week, an autopsy revealed that Cullen Finnerty, a former college quarterback who in May went missing in the woods of Lake County, Michigan, had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, the degenerative brain disease at the forefront of the debate over connections between head injuries, professional football and brain damage.
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- Editor’s note: The Post-Gazette first published this story on July 24, 1997. It never appeared online, and now the Post-Gazette is republishing it on the Web because of its importance chronicling the last years of Mike Webster’s life — before his downward spiral had been attributed to chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
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- •Webster, 50, died in a Pittsburgh hospital; he had been homeless at times. In his report in the journal Neurosurgery, Omalu said based on interviews with family members, Webster had exhibited depression, memory loss and Parkinsonian symptoms. He was smoking heavily, was eating injudiciously.
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Mike Webster, 50, Dies; Troubled Football Hall of Famer Webster is also survived by two sons, Colin of Camp LeJeune, N.C., and Garrett; two daughters, Hillary and Brooke; two grandchildren; his father, William, of Harshaw, Wis.; two brothers, Reid and Joe Webster; and two sisters, Wendy and Jane Webster.
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Are all of the little rascals dead? THE OUR GANG CURSE... Alfalfa -- Carl Switzer was shot to death at age 31. Chubby -- 300-pound Norman Chaney died at age 22 following an operation. Buckwheat -- William Thomas died at age 49 of a heart attack. Darla Hood -- The Our Gang leading lady contracted hepatitis and died at age 47. Brisbane -- Kendall McCormas, known as Breezy Brisbane, committed suicide at age 64. Froggy -- William Robert Laughline was killed in a motor scooter accident at age 16. Mickey Daniels -- He died of liver disease at 55. Stymie -- Mathew Bear led a life of crime and drugs. He died of a stroke at age 56.
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Darryl Stingley Darryl Stingley. Darryl Floyd Stingley (September 18, 1951 – April 5, 2007) was an American professional football player, a wide receiver whose career was ended at age 26 by an on-field spinal cord injury. He played his entire five-year career with the New England Patriots of the National Football League, and died from heart disease and pneumonia complicated by quadriplegia.
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Family of Playboy model Katie May who died after a chiropractic treatment caused a tear in her major artery speaks out about the risks of 'neck adjustments' Family of Playboy model Katie May who died after a chiropractic treatment caused a tear in her major artery speaks out about the risks of 'neck adjustments'. Playboy model, Katie May died after having a stroke in February which was caused by a neck adjustment from a chiropractor, a coroner said on Thursday. The 34-year-old's grieving family has warned other families about what went wrong, CBS News reported.
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- In 2011, New York City lost a veteran newscaster when Vic Miles died at age 79, and fans of the CBS Network program 60 Minutes were saddened by the death of commentator Andy Rooney at age 92. Another well-known member of the original 60 Minutes team, Mike Wallace, died in 2012 at age 93.
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Susan Taylor Dies In Last Mile Of Swim Across English Channel, 'Collapsed Suddenly In The Water' Susan Taylor Dies In Last Mile Of Swim Across English Channel, 'Collapsed Suddenly In The Water'. Jul 16, 2013 10:18 AM By Justin Caba. British charity swimmer Susan Taylor dies in the last mile of her swim across the English Channel. British swimmer Susan Taylor, 34, tragically passed away last Sunday while attempting to swim across the English Channel in order to raise money for charity. Although there is no official word on a cause of death, witnesses said she suddenly collapsed during the last leg of her 21-mile endurance test.
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Sean Taylor Due to his ferocious hits, several of his Redskins teammates nicknamed him  Meast , a portmanteau word from the expression half man, half beast.. Taylor died at the age of 24 on November 27, 2007, from critical injuries from a gunshot by intruders at his Miami area home.
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Drew Barrymore's half sister did NOT take her life, insists her brother, but died like Heath Ledger of an accidental overdose as he reveals meth also found at the scene Extended family: Jessica Barrymore, her famous sister Drew and their brother John in a picture which was taken in 2004. Tragedy: The San Diego Coroner's Office has ruled that Jessica died of an accidental overdose of booze and drugs, including methamphetamine, methadone, tramadol and nordiazepam.
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CTE: Discovery of a New Disease Dr. Bennet Omalu Forensic pathologist who discovered CTE. A forensic pathologist, Omalu conducted the autopsy of Pittsburgh Steelers center Mike Webster, which led to his discovery of a new disease that he named chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.
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Biography Harry Houdini, the greatest magician ever produced by America, died in Detroit, Michigan during a national tour. The cause of death officially was peritonitis from a ruptured appendix. His death came nine days after having been punched in the stomach during the Canadian leg of the tour by J. Gordon Whitehead, a McGill University student who was testing Houdini's famed ability to take body blows.
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CTE found in living ex-NFL players The study was funded by a $100,000 grant from the Brain Injury Research Institute, a nonprofit organization founded by Bailes; Dr. Bennet Omalu, a pathologist who in 2005 identified the first case of CTE in a former NFL player; and Bob Fitzsimmons, a Wheeling, W.Va., attorney who represented late Steelers center Mike Webster, the first NFL player to be diagnosed with CTE.
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Woman crippled by rare respiratory disease caught from pet budgie she kept 35 YEARS AGO But when someone such as Carole is showing symptoms of a respiratory disease it is harder to establish the source - there are so many possibilities.'. Bird fancier's lung can prove fatal. In 2002 Anthony Wensley, 54, a Somerset gamekeeper who reared up to 18,000 pheasants a year, died of the disease.
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- ‘Hit That Bit For The Gram’ Rapper Mighty Mike Arrested For Murder. by HHE Editors · May 4, 2016. MacAuthor “Mighty Mike” Johnson, who had a hit this winter with ‘Hit That Bit For The Gram,’ is facing murder charges. Court documents state that 20-year-old Richard Devon Phillips and Walter Williams Jr were walking to a store in Baker, Louisiana yesterday when Mighty Mike and Charmaine Wilson rolled up in their vehicle.
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Mike Kelly of the Duprees, dead at 68 A velvet voice of Jersey City fell silent for good on Tuesday. Mike Kelly, frontman of the Duprees, the Vocal Teens, and the Italian Asphalt and Paving Company — all Jersey City vocal groups — died of complications from kidney failure at his home in Burlington, North Carolina.
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Family of Playboy model Katie May who died after a chiropractic treatment caused a tear in her major artery speaks out about the risks of 'neck adjustments' Family of Playboy model Katie May who died after a chiropractic treatment caused a tear in her major artery speaks out about the risks of 'neck adjustments'. 1  Playboy model and single mother Katie May, 34, passed away in February. 2  It was revealed her death was result of 'neck manipulation by chiropractor'.
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Cullen Finnerty autopsy updated An updated autopsy revealed that former Grand Valley State QB Cullen Finnerty had CTE, the brain disease that has been found in a number of ex-football players. A study, however, says it's highly unlikely the disease alone led to his death. AP Photo/Butch Dill.
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'He showed no sign of depression, no sign of anything': Heartbreak and shock at Sawyer Sweeten's suicide as his manager reveals he was 'just very quiet, very shy' He was found with a gunshot wound to his head. When news of the suicide broke, actor and comedian, Ray Romano, 57, who worked with Sawyer for nine years starting from when he was just a 16-month-old baby, said he was 'terribly saddened, by the news'. He added: 'He was a wonderful and sweet kid to be around.
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Chris Farley death photos Farley’s death is often compared to that of his SNL idol John Belushi, who also died at age 33 of an accidental drug overdose consisting of cocaine and heroin. According to…acquaintances who saw Farley during his final days, the actor began a downward spiral on Dec. 14.
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When and how did Chris Farley die? · just now. Report Abuse. he died of speedball, a cocktail of cocaine and heroine. this is extremely dangerous because one is an upper and another is a downer. the combination is much like energy drinks and alcohol, although much more severe.
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Teen killer's mum relieved he's free Released . . . Matthew Webster has been granted parole. Relatives of murderer Matthew Grant Webster are relieved his crime has finally been forgiven. Now they would like it to be forgotten. Webster was known as Fat Matt when he was convicted of killing Newcastle teenager Leigh Leigh in 1989.
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Milford teen killed in crash remembered as bright, funny college student who loved to dance July 5, 2016. Jackie Gray, a Quinnipiac student, killed in car crash in Milford Sunday night. —Facebook. Jackie Gray, the Milford teen who died after sustaining traumatic injuries in a crash Sunday night, was a bright college student who always had a smile on her face, according to those who knew her.