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PasghettiSquash OP t1_j27lz6f wrote

Wish there wasn’t a character limit on the title. He also:

  • had two brothers die from Cystic Fibrosis
  • was made fun of for being a ‘bean pole’, which led to adding muscle and the shot put state championship
  • was cut from his first college team for beating up an Air Force cadet that had hit on his girlfriend, breaking nearly every bone in his face, requiring 8 weeks in the hospital
  • starred in North Dallas Forty while playing for the Raiders
  • posed nude in Playgirl
  • Had his wife try to run him over with a car
  • Had his head coach save his life with CPR after taking a sleeping pill and chasing with beers

Guy somehow lived 5 lives in 38 years

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InVodkaVeritas t1_j27q7pz wrote

So he's the definition of "Live Fast, Die Young."

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marcuschookt t1_j28e53p wrote

Man if that's living fast and dying young, just give me the opposite. That's the kinda shit you want to read about somebody else but not live through yourself.

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Bojax22 t1_j28o4kb wrote

I dont know most of it seems cool minus the dying

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convlux51 t1_j28sn8p wrote

Just start taking steroids and you too can have huge muscle growth, anger issues, and cardiac problems.

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Bon03 t1_j28sp97 wrote

Putting a kid into the hospital for 8 weeks. Super cool.

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cinnapear t1_j28suia wrote

And the CPR. And the attempted vehicular manslaughter.

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poi_dog78 t1_j294k99 wrote

Watch any video footage of him near the end. It’s pretty brutal

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Alwayssunnyinarizona t1_j28zatd wrote

With 2 brothers dying of cystic fibrosis, it's very likely he was affected (or a carrier) as well. I had friends growing up - dad died of CF at 40, first friend at 28, second at 35, a couple years after a lung transplant.

They all new it was coming.

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PlethoPappus t1_j2993i4 wrote

Being a carrier of CF doesn't make you more likely to have an enlarged heart or OD on Darvocet. Source: I'm a CF carrier and both my sisters kids have CF

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rbhindepmo t1_j29f0v1 wrote

It’s possible he could have taken the Mickey Mantle approach to life of thinking he was gonna die young of something.

Mickey Mantle’s father and various male relatives died young from Hodgkin’s, and Mickey thought that’d happen to him too. Those family members worked in lead/zinc mining which could have a tie to Hodgkin’s and Mickey made it to 63 before dying from liver cancer after a lifetime of drinking a lot.

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Pluto_Rising t1_j29m92g wrote

Fwiw, Mickey's dad, Mutt, worked in the Picher, Ok. lead mines, which produced something like 40% of all the lead the U.S. used in WWII....the entire town has since been evacuated and is a superfund site. Was on 60 Minutes.

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leoleosuper t1_j27yb4u wrote

You gotta put a double space at the end of a line or double line break after every line for that to format properly.

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TheCuddlyVampire t1_j2bc7d9 wrote

He was the Antonio Brown of his day. Partied continuously, was on steroids, qualudes, and Crown Royal for most of his life. Did two stints in rehab.

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CPT_Shiner t1_j2934e7 wrote

I wonder if he was XYY? Sounds hyper-aggressive without fear of consequences. Most of those guys end up in prison or dead at a young age.

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reddito-mussolini t1_j29mdba wrote

I imagine they’re using the term “hit on” pretty liberally there…

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renasissanceman6 t1_j28dwfh wrote

Okay. Some of things are just things that happen to people in life. Calm down. You don’t have to post his entire wiki.

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