# Ken Caminiti dead at 41

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-caminiti-dead-at-41/268594>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 11, 2004, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-caminiti-dead-at-41/268594 "2004-10-11T06:41:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-caminiti-dead-at-41/268594/1 "2004-10-11T06:41:12Z")

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Wow. The guy wasn’t exactly taking good care of himself, but still – that’s scary. He was just a little older than I am (less than a year).

[http://houston.astros.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/hou/news/hou\_news.jsp?ymd=20041011&content\_id=890577&vkey=news\_hou&fext=.jsp](http://houston.astros.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/hou/news/hou_news.jsp?ymd=20041011&content_id=890577&vkey=news_hou&fext=.jsp)

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**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-caminiti-dead-at-41/268594/2 "2004-10-11T07:15:15Z")

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:eek: Holy shit. I was hoping this was a joke. A sick, twisted joke.

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> Just last Tuesday, he admitted in a Houston court that he violated his probation by testing positive for cocaine last month…

☹ Hopefully, one has nothing to do with the other, but I’ll wager a cup of coffee on that not being the case.

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**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-caminiti-dead-at-41/268594/3 "2004-10-11T11:42:41Z")

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He’s also admitted to taking steroids.

That ticker of his probably had the stress on it of 2 lifetimes.

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**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-caminiti-dead-at-41/268594/4 "2004-10-11T12:44:36Z")

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This makes me sad.

The guy was a lot of fun to watch at 3rd. Crazy, of course, but fun to watch.

I always hoped he’d be able to get his life turned around.

So long, Ken. Get some rest.