Ex NFL Player Alphonso Smith Jr. Dead at 40 After Alarming Social Media Post

Former NFL cornerback Alphonso Smith Jr. reportedly died at age 40 on Wednesday, September 2. Smith died by suicide at a housing community in Florida, according to TMZ, which was first to report his death. Further details about Smith’s death were not immediately available. Smith’s final Facebook post, which came on Wednesday afternoon, appeared to show him in distress. “Do not cry for me! I tried everything in my power to fight the demons behind the ones that someone put into ME!” he wrote. “I did not want to be that WAY! I know I have disappointed so many folks. This is a...

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