Dave Mirra, the near-peerless pro–BMX biker who went on to become one of the X Games' winningest competitors, as well as a TV host, was found dead Thursday of an apparent suicide. Greenville authorities in North Carolina discovered the 41-year-old athlete in his parked truck there earlier in the day, with what they're calling "a self-inflicted gunshot wound." "We mourn the loss today of a great friend and wonderful human being who touched the lives of so many around the world with his gift," Greenville's mayor said in a statement. "[Mirra] called Greenville, North Carolina home and was as humble a guy talking with kids on a street corner about bikes as he was in his element on the world stage. A young life with so much to offer was taken too soon." The New York native's passion for extreme sports began at the age of five. It would persist...
- 2/5/2016
- by Sean Fitz-Gerald
- Vulture
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