Fifteen years ago the Wrestling star hanged himself after suffocating his wife and son: from the examination of his skull and that of other athletes who died in strange circumstances, enormous leaps forward in the mental health of those who practice sports
At first glance, the Green Meadow Lane driveway conveys a sense of peace. The villa stands in the middle of the lawn, as the name of the street suggests. There are lots of trees and a veranda, which allow you to enjoy a bit of coolness when the summer in Fayetteville starts to get hot. In this setting fifteen years ago Chris Benoit, WWE top wrestler, after having killed by suffocating his wife Nancy and son Daniel, takes his own life by hanging himself. These are the years in which former great football players begin to be devoured by depression and commit suicide. The different tenor of football meant that the mental health problem linked to a sporting career only appeared in a more recent period, while the first alarms came from boxing. The common thread is chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a disease discovered thanks to the research of Bennet Omalu, a coroner who happened to be involved in the autopsy of Mike Webster, legend of the NFL and the Pittsburgh Steelers, who died of cardiac arrest. .
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