Duerson did have CTE

The detailed autopsy requested in his suicide note by former Bears star Dave Duerson, who shot  himself in the chest Feb. 17 in order to preserve his brain for study, reveals that he did, indeed, have the injury-induced syndrome which has claimed the lives of at least 20 other former NFL players.

Former Blackhawks Reggie Fleming and Bob Probert also were found at autopsy to have suffered from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE).

The disorder- linked to repeated concussions- is a form of dementia which results in personality changes, memory loss, and depression.

Martin Luther taught that suicides- whom he said were often victims of a "mugging" by the devil through depression rather than rebels against God's providence- might not necessarily be damned. Surely if there was ever a noble suicide, it was Duerson's, who gave his life in order to help his fellow athletes.

May God have mercy on him, and on all who suffer from CTE.