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[mabrowndog]

He shot himself and died Monday in Tallahassee, FL. Powell, a Georgia native and an All-American at UGA, would have turned 36 on Saturday. He leaves a wife and three kids.

link, more here

B-R.com page



He played for the Tigers, Astros, Phillies and Giants over parts of 6 seasons. On May 6, 2001, he threw a no-hitter for Houston's AAA New Orleans Zephyrs. He appeared in 3 games vs the Red Sox, twice in 1998 and once in 2004, going 1-1 with a 5.68 ERA. His final appearance vs Boston came at Fenway on 6/25/04 with the Phillies, when he was tagged for 4 ER in 1.1 IP in a 12-1 Sox rout.

Edited by mabrowndog, 07 October 2009 - 07:59 PM.

[William Robertson]

Born Oct. 10, 1973, in Bainbridge, Mr. Powell died Monday, Oct. 5, at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare after a self-inflicted gunshot.

It's a sad story either way, but the first sentence of your post caught my attention with the implication that some health center failed to prevent a suicide. The way I read the sentence quoted above, from the first link, I would assume he died at the hospital after the deed was done elsewhere?

[mabrowndog]

Wow, good catch. That wasn't my intent. I'll rephrase it. Thanks for the heads-up.