Aaron Hernandez Commits Suicide
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- Jun 14, 2014
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Wow, just got the alert. Part pissed, mad, sad, embarrassed. What a waste of talent by simply making dumb choices. A lot of terrible things happened with this guy that far overshadowed anything good that he accomplished.
- Jul 20, 2014
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Are you serious? http://www.wcvb.com/article/aaron-hernandez-commits-suicide-in-prison/9527659\
Saved the tax payers some money for sure.
- Jun 9, 2014
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WCVB Boston reporting he was found hung by a bedsheet attached to his cell window at 3:05 a.m. Attempts to revive failed. He was in a single cell.
Look, we can invest 100 posts in describing what a decrepit life this young man had and how he ruined the lives of at least one other, probably three. But the reality is he wasn't born this way. He went off track somewhere along the way, and amid that is a separate tragedy. I pray for his tortured family, esp his mother. Absolutely sad.
Look, we can invest 100 posts in describing what a decrepit life this young man had and how he ruined the lives of at least one other, probably three. But the reality is he wasn't born this way. He went off track somewhere along the way, and amid that is a separate tragedy. I pray for his tortured family, esp his mother. Absolutely sad.
- Jul 29, 2014
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Someone who cannot control themselves with so much good on the line(career, money) was bound for self destruction. It's just too bad he took the lives of others before his own. What a waste.
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This was, according to everything I've read, a fairly "normal" kid until his father, Dennis, whom he idolized, passed away a number of years ago. His life took a 180 afterward. Kids aren't necessarily born effed up but they can become effed up by life events. I believe that's what happened here.
- Jul 29, 2014
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That is undoubtedly true and Hernandez could have displayed sociopathic tendencies. I'm just speculating the impact of losing his father. Even his mother has commented what a profound effect it had on him.
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Amen. It's hard to understand how someone can have that talent, work ethic, coaching, team, opportunity and success - achieving a dream - yet still turn so horribly wrong. I loved his on the field play but was horrified by the revelations that unfolded. Awful, sad and disturbing, and yet he's a part of our collective history.
I wonder if we will ever know how much effort was made by coaches and teammates to get him on a good path and/or how much enabling they did through silence and cover-ups. In any case he clearly didn't respond well to efforts that do bear out well for many.
- Jun 12, 2014
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Holy sh*t.
- Jun 9, 2014
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He was serving a life sentence with no chance of parole. He'd just gone through a double-murder case that probably took an emotional toll. My main guess is that this was a young man who lived with deep anger and depression for a very long time. It finally consumed him.
- Jun 12, 2014
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Eveerybody has hardships. Everybody has loss. His life was a tragedy of his own choosing. That's the damn shame, plain and simple truth of the matter.
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