Dartgod
01-26-2006, 12:12 PM
Terry Long killed self by drinking antifreeze, new ruling says
January 26, 2006
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Former Pittsburgh Steelers lineman Terry Long committed suicide by drinking antifreeze, a revised death certificate shows, and did not die as a direct result of football-related head injuries.
The Allegheny County coroner ruled in September that Long, 45, who had attempted suicide before, had died of meningitis. The condition, a swelling of the lining of Long's brain, was caused by football-related "chronic traumatic encephalopathy," also known as "punch-drunk syndrome," said the coroner at the time, Dr. Cyril Wecht. But a revised death certificate, which Wecht's office never publicly announced, was filed Oct. 19, listing the manner of Long's death as suicide from drinking antifreeze. The ruling was changed when outside laboratory tests on Long's tissue and urine showed they contained ethylene glycol, the active ingredient in antifreeze, county officials said.
Joseph Dominick, chief of operations at the medical examiner's office, said Thursday that the antifreeze was what caused the swelling of the brain and the brain lining, and the football-related brain injuries were a contributing factor to the death.
The finding was first reported by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Thursday.
Full Story (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=AojSjHytwaS8iKED0gFYP205nYcB?slug=ap-longautopsy&prov=ap&type=lgns)
What a way to go. :shake:
Here's a link to the original story as posted here on the Planet
http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=117568
January 26, 2006
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Former Pittsburgh Steelers lineman Terry Long committed suicide by drinking antifreeze, a revised death certificate shows, and did not die as a direct result of football-related head injuries.
The Allegheny County coroner ruled in September that Long, 45, who had attempted suicide before, had died of meningitis. The condition, a swelling of the lining of Long's brain, was caused by football-related "chronic traumatic encephalopathy," also known as "punch-drunk syndrome," said the coroner at the time, Dr. Cyril Wecht. But a revised death certificate, which Wecht's office never publicly announced, was filed Oct. 19, listing the manner of Long's death as suicide from drinking antifreeze. The ruling was changed when outside laboratory tests on Long's tissue and urine showed they contained ethylene glycol, the active ingredient in antifreeze, county officials said.
Joseph Dominick, chief of operations at the medical examiner's office, said Thursday that the antifreeze was what caused the swelling of the brain and the brain lining, and the football-related brain injuries were a contributing factor to the death.
The finding was first reported by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Thursday.
Full Story (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=AojSjHytwaS8iKED0gFYP205nYcB?slug=ap-longautopsy&prov=ap&type=lgns)
What a way to go. :shake:
Here's a link to the original story as posted here on the Planet
http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=117568