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Dave Mirra was an American BMX rider who won 24 medals at the X Games and competed in rallycross racing. He died by suicide in 2016 at age 41 and was posthumously diagnosed with CTE.
Feb 2, 2023 · Dave Mirra was a pioneer of BMX and the X Games, winning 24 medals and landing the first double backflip. He died by suicide in 2016 after being diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a brain disease caused by repeated head injuries.
May 24, 2016 · Dave Mirra, a star BMX rider who killed himself in February, had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a brain disease linked to head trauma. The condition was diagnosed by neuropathologists at the...
Feb 6, 2016 · Mirra’s body was found in North Carolina on Thursday with an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound, leaving a huge hole in the hearts of those who knew him or watched him fly through the air. He was 41. “Goodbye Dave Mirra, a true pioneer, icon and legend.
Feb 5, 2016 · BMX rider Dave Mirra, who for years dominated his sport even as he helped others embrace it, has died at age 41. Police in Greenville, N.C., say they found Mirra "sitting in a truck with an...
Feb 5, 2016 · Dave Mirra, whose dazzling aerial flips and tricks made him a legend in freestyle BMX and one of the most successful competitors in X Games history, died Thursday of an apparent self-inflicted...
Feb 5, 2016 · Dave Mirra, a former BMX champion and one of the most decorated athletes in X Games history, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 2016. He was 41 and had two daughters with his wife...
Feb 4, 2016 · Dave Mirra, a pioneer of extreme sports and a 24-time X Games medalist, was found dead in Greenville, North Carolina from a gunshot wound. He also competed in rally cars and won four medals in the Global Rallycross series.
Feb 5, 2016 · Dave Mirra, whose perilous feats on a BMX bike led to 24 medals at ESPN’s X-Games and helped make freestyle BMX a big-money spectacle, was found dead on Thursday night in Greenville, N.C. He was...
Mar 4, 2020 · A native of Chittenango in upstate New York, Mirra became part of a co-sponsored team at 13 and went on to join the team of his idol, Mat Hoffman, in 1992. Mirra broke huge barriers in the...
