Junior Seau, Famed N.F.L. Linebacker, Dies in Apparent Suicide

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Famed NFL linebacker Junior Seau, who had many fans and friends in Hawaii, has died of an apparent suicide. He was 43. Seau played 12 consecutive Pro Bowls in Hawaii.

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OCEANSIDE, Calif. — Junior Seau, regarded as one of the N.F.L.’s best linebackers over a 20-year career with the San Diego Chargers, the Miami Dolphins and the New England Patriots, died of a gunshot wound to the chest Wednesday at his home in Oceanside, Calif. He was 43.

The Oceanside police said Seau’s death was being investigated as a suicide. He was found by his girlfriend in a bedroom of his beachfront house Wednesday morning, and a handgun was found near the body, the police said, adding that Seau did not appear to leave a note.

— New York Times

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