Death of Chris Henry

May 17, 1983 - December 17, 2009
Charlotte, North Carolina | Age 26

Cincinnati Bengal's wide receiver dies at 26
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry died Thursday, a day after falling out of the back of a pickup truck during what police said was a domestic dispute with his fiancee.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said Henry died at 6:36 a.m. Henry was 26.

"We knew him in a different way than his public persona," Bengals owner Mike Brown said of the player who was suspended five times during his career. "He had worked through the troubles...

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