George Atkinson III (Dec. 3, age 27)
The Former Notre Dame Fighting Irish running back George Atkinson died Dec. 3 at the age of 27. No cause of death has been released yet and Atkinson’s passing comes almost one year after his twin brother Josh committed suicide, and a little over a year since they lost their mother to complications from Crohn’s disease.
Atkinson had still been struggling two months ago when he wrote an open letter on The Unsealed website mentioning his battle with mental health and trying to get over the death of his brother. He went into great detail about his life and events he had to overcome during his childhood. He wrote that his mother suffered from schizophrenia leading to drug abuse, and how Josh and him had to call the police when his mother became violent towards them.
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