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February 3, 2016

Autopsy Shows Former NFL Quarterback Among Dozens with Brain Disease CTE
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And new autopsy results show former NFL quarterback Ken Stabler had
Stage 3 chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, the degenerative brain
disease linked to repeated head trauma. Boston University researchers
have found CTE in 90 of the 94 former NFL players they examined. Stabler
had requested his brain be examined after he experienced cognitive
decline before dying after a battle with colon cancer at the age of 69.


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