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February 04, 2016
BMX Biker, X-Games Star Dave Mirra Dies: Dave Mirra, BMX biker and 24-time X-Games medalist, was found this afternoon dead in his truck of an "apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound" in Greenville, North Carolina. He was 41 years old and is survived by his wife and two children. Mirra's fame in his sport was demonstrated by the Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX videogame series. His 24 X-Games medals set a record, since broken by skateboarder Bob Burnquist. An hour before the shooting, Mirra posted a photo on Instagram of himself and his wife captioned "My rock! Thank god."
Goddammit, 2016.
posted by Etrigan at 10:31 PM on February 04, 2016
this is going to be another wave of CET victims.
My first thought as well. Came up a bunch in the (thankfully reverntial and tasteful) Deadspin comments.
posted by yerfatma at 12:13 PM on February 05, 2016
An hour before the shooting, Mirra posted a photo on Instagram of himself and his wife captioned "My rock! Thank god."
Ugh, that stings.
Part of me can't help but wonder (or fear) if this is going to be another wave of CET victims. Mirra was a big part of the era of street sports VHS tapes that my friends and I used to watch obsessively in HS and college, before the X-Games and YouTube and everything else.