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Junior Seau’s death spark suspicions of team curse

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With the news of Junior Seau killing himself yesterday, the number of Chargers who played in the 1995 Super Bowl, and are now dead, is eight. What the hell? Is there some kind of curse?

  • Linebacker David Griggs died in 1995 after his car slid off an expressway and hit a large sign pole. He was 28 years old at the time.
  • Running back Rodney Culver died in a plane crash on May 11, 1996. The crash of ValuJet Flight 592 killed all 110 people aboard, including Culver’s wife.
  • Linebacker Doug Miller died in 1998 as the result of a lightning strike at the age of 28.
  • Center Curtis Whitley died on May 11, 2008 as the result of an overdose and was found in his trailer home in West Texas.
  • Defensive end Chris Mims died of an enlarged heart on Oct. 15, 2008.
  • Defensive tackle Shawn Lee died from cardiac arrest on Feb. 26, 2011.
  • Former Chargers linebacker Lew Bush died of a heart attack on Dec. 8, 2011.

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