{"id":1680,"date":"2012-05-02T16:41:33","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T20:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=1680"},"modified":"2012-05-02T16:48:39","modified_gmt":"2012-05-02T20:48:39","slug":"super-sad-about-junior-seaus-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2012\/05\/super-sad-about-junior-seaus-suicide.html","title":{"rendered":"Super Sad About Junior Seau’s Suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s just too much death and sadness in the news lately.<\/p>\n

It wasn’t any better Wednesday with reports of the suicide, via a single bullet to the chest, of ex-legendary NFL linebacker Junior Seau.<\/p>\n

I always regretted missing the opportunity to meet him when I lived and worked as a reporter\u00a0 in California.<\/p>\n

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He was so successful, so smart, so well-spoken … Seau was a great role-model for a number of reasons.<\/p>\n

Seau didn’t stop when his marvelous football career ended after 12 seasons with the Chargers, Dolphins and Patriots, either.<\/p>\n

He went on to own a successful restaurant in his hometown of Oceanside, CA., as well. The personable star also hosted a reality show about jobs in sports.<\/p>\n

Seau, 43, was a good man by all accounts …. it’s just too bad he didn’t\/couldn’t stop himself before pulling the trigger on a fateful shot.<\/p>\n

He will be greatly missed and our thoughts, prayers go out to his family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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