Tragic Details Found In NFL Player Dave Duerson's Autopsy Report

May 2024 · 2 minute read

According to the People Pill, Dave Duerson was found dead on February 17, 2011, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. He was 50-years-old and survived by his ex-wife Alicia Duerson and their four children. He sent a text message to his family telling them he wished for his brain to be studied at the Boston University School of Medicine. As told by Business Insider, (via the New York Times) Duerson's suicide note read, "Please see that my brain is given to the NFL's Brain Bank."

Duerson's family noted that the former NFL star had struggled both professionally and personally in the last four years of his life. His food distribution business had gone into receivership and his home was foreclosed on. His wife said her husband had trouble stringing words together and was having memory problems. Eventually, the two would divorce. In spite of that, Duerson still served on the committee that reviewed disability claims from retired NFL players.

According to Autopsy Files (via the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner Department), Duerson's fiancée had called the manager of the condominium he was living in that afternoon. She gave the manager permission to enter the home, though Duerson had reportedly wedged a chair against the door. It was then that 911 was called, and after the fire department pushed in the door, two Miami-Dade officers found Duerson's body in his bed with a .38 revolver near his left hand with one spent round.

If you or anyone you know is having suicidal thoughts, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline​ at​ 1-800-273-TALK (8255)​.

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