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Everybody playing the game now has been educated on the risks and is fully aware, as far as I am concerned, of the consequences of their participation.
The three high-profile players who are suffering from early onset dementia - Steve Thompson, Alix Popham and Michael Lipman - all played the game in an uncompromising fashion, they gave 100pc in their physical commitment and it is no surprise to me that any of them are suffering the consequences of continuous and consistent head impact and concussions.
I suspect that the list of near 100 players could in fact be a list of the usual suspects - the guys who don t back down or shirk their physical responsibilities or simply carry on when it is irresponsible to do so.
he was tortured same way prince was with warner brothers. patti ann: interesting. now in the wake of his death, first of all, surprising 53 years old, he had a serious battle with pneumonia a few years ago and he recovered. yeah. patti ann: to die of heart failure at 53, a shock, tributes pouring in. you know, goes to show you that perhaps the stress and longing broke his heart. we don t really know. that was from his manager, michael lipman, who said he suffered a heart ailment and died peacefully if his sleep, what you would hope but he was meant to release more music. it is interesting, because five days ago i sent an email to one of my producers saying let s get george michael on the she. i met him several times when he was on mtv i wanted to sit down and talk with him because i had recently been revisiting his music. it is so sad to see someone taken especially he sank beautifully in 1992 at that freddie mercury tribute concert.