Dave Mirra, BMX biker and veteran X Games star, dead of an apparent suicide

[0101ABA]

Police say veteran X Games biker Dave Mirra has died in North Carolina. He was 41.

Greenville police said Thursday night that Mirra's body was found earlier in the day with an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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Mirra was an accomplished BMX rider and one of the most decorated athletes in X Games history, medaling every year from 1995 to 2008 and winning 14 gold medals. (...)

He also hosted MTV's "Real World/Road Rules Challenge" and two video games carried his name.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/6cd3...bmx-rider-dave-mirra-dies-41-apparent-suicide

 

[~greeneyedgirl~]

Very sad.. Just this afternoon he posted a picture of him and his wife calling her his ROCK.. I'm sorry he felt this to be his only option

I wish everyone could read this letter ...

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[cuffem]

There seems to be a lot of talk about concussions and cte being a factor in his suicide.Very sad,I remember him when the x games first started 20 years ago.

 

[LietKynes]

My condolences to his relatives and especially his wife and two daughters !
I wish he'd been able to get help.