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Researchers: NFL's Seau had brain disease

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Star NFL linebacker Junior Seau had a degenerative brain disease when he committed suicide last May, the National Institutes of Health told The Associated Press on Thursday Jan. 10, 2013.

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Junior Seau, one of the NFL's best and fiercest players for nearly two decades, had a degenerative brain disease when he committed suicide last May, the National Institutes of Health told The Associated Press on Thursday. The NIH said the findings on Seau were similar to autopsies of people "with exposure to repetitive head injuries."

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