PITTSBURGH -- Former a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/clubhouse?team=pit">Pittsburgh Steelers lineman Terry Long
committed suicide by drinking antifreeze, a revised death
certificate shows, and his death was not a direct result of
football-related head injuries as previously ruled.
The Allegheny County coroner ruled in September that Long, 45, had died of meningitis. The condition, a swelling of the lining of Long's brain, was caused by football-related "chronic traumatic encephalopathy,"... ...more
committed suicide by drinking antifreeze, a revised death
certificate shows, and his death was not a direct result of
football-related head injuries as previously ruled.
The Allegheny County coroner ruled in September that Long, 45, had died of meningitis. The condition, a swelling of the lining of Long's brain, was caused by football-related "chronic traumatic encephalopathy,"... ...more
