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In his three years after football he had memory loss and depression. After having trouble with living with his condition and having a lack of treatment from doctors on his disease he ultimately decided to end his life. He died at the young age of 43. In the aftermath of his death his family had the decision to allow top scientists to study their his brain tissue right after his death. In a blinded study, doctors at the National Institute of Health and other agencies discovered in Seau’s brain signs of CTE, a progressive brain disease linked to head trauma. This finding has lead to major advances in the study of CTE.
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She said the family was told that Seau’s disease resulted from “a lot of head-to-head collisions over the course of 20 years of playing in the NFL. And that it gradually, you know, developed the deterioration of his brain and his ability to think logically.”
Today the Junior Seau Foundation still helps underprivileged kids in San Diego even after his death. Junior Seau will be remembered as a great player but also a great person who has left his mark in San Diego as well as the game of football itself.
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