Ken Stabler, the standout Raiders quarterback who died in July, had severe C.T.E.
Wednesday, February 3, 2016 7:07 AM EST
The day after Ken Stabler, the former Raiders quarterback, died on July 8, a victim of colon cancer at age 69, his brain was removed during an autopsy and ferried to scientists in Massachusetts. Over several months, it was dissected for clues, as Stabler had wished, to help those left behind understand why his mind seemed to slip so precipitously in his final years.
On a scale of 1 to 4, Stabler had high Stage 3 chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or C.T.E., the degenerative brain disease believed to be caused by repeated blows to the head, according to researchers at Boston University.
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