Painful question of suicides in sport

  • 12 years ago
The football world was united in grief after the death of Wales manager Gary Speed on Sunday, November 27, 2011.

He was found hanged at his home.

Al Jazeera's Lee Wellings looks at the sporting legacy of one of the English Premier League's most popular and high-achieving players, and then examines the tragic list of sporting figures who take their own lives after appearing, on the surface, to have everything to live for.

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