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b_b  ·  3728 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why I've stopped watching football

Probert died of a heart attack likely due to cocaine abuse. The rumors are that his behavior was erratic and he suffered from depression, and may have had other symptoms consistent with CTE. His brain was examined postmortem, and they determined he did, in fact, have CTE.