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Any reason that many pro wrestlers seem to die at relatively young ages? is steroid use and abuse of painkillers a likely culprit?
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Varies: steroids, drugs, lifestyle hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ( heart issues) are all possible causes, not to mention brain injury
Answered 5/13/2016
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