Now this is really bad. Duerson killed himself to have brain studied.

[El Supremo]

Dave Duerson's last request was to be checked for disease caused by repeated head blows that can't be diagnosed while alive.

(CBSNews)

NEW YORK - For 11 years, Dave Duerson made his living as a hard-hitting safety in the NFL and was known for his brains as well as his brawn as an outspoken advocate of player rights. But last week, at age 50, Duerson sent perhaps his most powerful message to the game, CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian reports.

Duerson committed suicide with a gun shot to the chest, which left his brain undamaged. His pro football career was filled with accomplishments: two time Super Bowl champion and four trips to the Pro Bowl. But after football, his life and his health began to fall apart.

Just hours before the shooting, Duerson had texted family members requesting his brain be donated to science and examined for a disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, caused by repeated blows to the head.

"There's no question that NFL players are at higher risk for CTE than normal people," said Christopher Nowinski, co-director of the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy at Boston University....

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/02/22/eveningnews/main20035062.shtml?tag=cbsnewsSectionContent.1

[madinmaryland]

1. Bizarre. nt

[givemebackmycountry]

2. There was a article today on PFT daily that said....

He was worried about severe financial problems as well.