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obie7661
12-14-2006, 12:22 AM
The final years of Mike Webster’s life were spent shuttling between flickers of clarity and binges into dark places, between homelessness, lawsuits and loose strands of stability. Webster, the Hall of Fame center with the Pittsburgh Steelers who retired in 1991, often had to be told by his son Garrett when to eat and when to shower, Webster’s mind having become so clouded after 17 seasons at the nexus of conflict on an offensive line...

Link to article: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/14/sports/football/14webster.html?ex=1166677200&en=3e8b5fb86eab9a07&ei=5065&partner=MYWAY

longtimefirsttime
12-14-2006, 07:03 AM
That's truly sad.