I wrote a more detailed post about Rashaan Salaam and his recent death a few weeks ago, but I wanted to write a brief follow up in response to new information on the situation. The Boulder County coroner's office formally ruled former running back Salaam's death a suicide earlier today. The autopsy revealed that Salaam shot himself in the head, and was under the influence of alcohol and marijuana at the time of death.
In observance of Salaam and his family's Muslim faith, his family declined to have his brain examined for the degenerative disease CTE. Nevertheless, his brother stated that Rashaan had "all the symptoms" of the disease, including memory loss, problems with vision, and depression.
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