# Denver WR Kenny McKinley dead by suicide

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**Created:** [September 21, 2010, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/denver-wr-kenny-mckinley-dead-by-suicide/554508 "2010-09-21T05:18:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/denver-wr-kenny-mckinley-dead-by-suicide/554508/1 "2010-09-21T05:18:40Z")

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[Story here](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/football/nfl/09/20/mckinley.death.ap/index.html?eref=sihp).

Apparent self inflicted gunshot wound. 23 years old. Not much detail available yet. The team will have some sort of press conference tomorrow.

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**Author:** ![A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Spoonful_of_Awesome)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/denver-wr-kenny-mckinley-dead-by-suicide/554508/2 "2010-09-21T06:15:49Z")

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Yeah I just heard about that. He had some trouble with injuries, but he had potential to be a solid receiver.

What is it with our city, man? Darrent Williams, Damian Nash… almost Javon Walker (though I think it happened in Vegas). How long before agents are regularly negotiating “no-trade-to-Denver” clauses in their player’s contracts?

So sad. He wasn’t a marquee player, but the team all says he was a happy guy with a great smile. I hope his family is looked after.

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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/denver-wr-kenny-mckinley-dead-by-suicide/554508/3 "2010-09-21T12:42:54Z")

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Yeah, sad news but you have to wonder about a Broncos curse.