re: Sad article about the decline and death of LSU great David Woodley.

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Alcohol harmed his liver and ended his marriage, and over time, a quiet introvert sunk further inward, struggling to find himself and leaving those who thought they knew him well to wonder what he was looking for years later.

“That's the mystery of David Woodley,” said John Ed Bradley, a friend and former LSU teammate. “I don't know the answer to that, and it bothers me that I don't know.”

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After football, Woodley returned to Shreveport and increasingly drank, causing several health problems.[3][5] Married in 1981 to Suzanne Pugh,[4] the couple later divorced.[5] At age 33, he underwent a liver transplant at Willis-Knighton Medical Center in Shreveport in March 1992.[12][13][14][15] Eleven years later, Woodley died from complications due to kidney and liver failure on May 4, 2003.[1][2][16] Twenty years after Super Bowl XVII, he became the youngest Super Bowl starting quarterback to die. Since Woodley's passing, only Super Bowl XXXIV starter Steve McNair, murdered in 2009 at age 36 by his own mistress, has died at a younger age. Woodley was buried at St. Joseph Cemetery in Shreveport, alongside his parents.

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