RIP Junior Seau

[Dick Whitman]

That's what Harvey Levin is reporting.

****.

 

[OnTheRiver]

Re: RIP Junior Seau??

Wow.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Re: RIP Junior Seau??

Supposedly a shooting at his house of some sort.

 

[Uncle.Ruckus]

Re: RIP Junior Seau??

http://www.tmz.com/2012/05/02/junior-seau-shooting-police/#.T6F4jNXfwaN

 

[Chef2]

Re: RIP Junior Seau??

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/may/02/report-of-shooting-at-seaus-home/

 

[zimbabwe]

Re: RIP Junior Seau??

Possible suicide.

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/may/02/report-of-shooting-at-seaus-home/

 

[linotype]

Re: RIP Junior Seau??

To a point, I get the need for a line like this in the story (just in case he's not dead), but still it does look strange:

"Attempts to reach Seau and Seau's people have been unsuccessful."

If Seau confirmed his own death to you, Harvey, you've got quite the story on your hands.

 

[Steak Snabler]

Re: RIP Junior Seau??

TMZ now reporting he's dead:

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

 

[Steak Snabler]

Re: RIP Junior Seau??

Also this:

Lee Jenkins ‏ @SI_LeeJenkins
Seau is the eighth member of the Chargers '94 Super Bowl team to pass

https://twitter.com/#/SI_LeeJenkins/status/197751104572887040

 

[qtlaw]

Re: RIP Junior Seau??

Damn, only 43.

 

[Gehrig]

Re: RIP Junior Seau??

RIP

 

[Chef2]

Re: RIP Junior Seau??

Rag around here ran a story about a 12-year old local kid that committed suicide.

They tried to call his parents and get a comment from them.

Has not gone well for the paper.

 

[rmanfredi]

It certainly places the car accident in 2010 where he drove his car off a cliff in Malibu into context.

Damn.

 

[FileNotFound]

Re: RIP Junior Seau??

Too young. RIP.

Also: I really can't imagine too many roles that would be harder to play than that of "former NFL player." All the money in the world can't overcome the damage that must be done to their bodies. The cheering stops, but the pain never goes away. Don't know if that has anything to do with this specific loss, but I can't help but have that thought.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Rag around here ran a story about a 12-year old local kid that committed suicide.

They tried to call his parents and get a comment from them.

Has not gone well for the paper.

Did it happen in public? That's a tough one. I remember calling a high school coach over and over one night trying to reach him after his wife committed suicide. I hated doing it, and thankfully he never answered. We ended up not reporting the cause of death, just that she had died, and I got an earful from a friend for even going that far. I told him it was relevant that she had died because he was missing games.

 

[Beaker]

Holy crap, RIP.

 

[LongTimeListener]

Also this:

Lee Jenkins ‏ @SI_LeeJenkins
Seau is the eighth member of the Chargers '94 Super Bowl team to pass

https://twitter.com/#/SI_LeeJenkins/status/197751104572887040

This -- in addition to the many other deaths of "natural causes" (Reggie White et al.) or suicide/violence (Dave Duerson et al.) -- should have the NFL wringing its hands, and not just over how to protect its image against these sensational media outlets. Whether concussion-related or steroid-related or whatever, they have a major problem.

 

[kickoff-time]

Nothing on any major news outlets yet that can confirm this.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Nothing on any major news outlets yet that can confirm this.

TMZ may be sleazy, but I can't remember them getting a story wrong, can you? (Honest question)

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

Nothing on any major news outlets yet that can confirm this.

TMZ may be sleazy, but I can't remember them getting a story wrong, can you? (Honest question)

THIS..

I think TMZ qualifies as a Major news org. with regard to this stuff.