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Fight to the Death

You don't have to be a pro wrestling fan to recognize the name Chris Benoit. Last summer, newscasts and front-page headlines were filled with the story of the wrestling champion who murdered his wife and young son and then killed himself.

At the time, the focus turned to steroids and the part those drugs play in the pro wrestling world and in the life an death of Benoit and other wrestlers, many of whom died young. But, researchers studying the damage inflicted on the brains of pro footballers who had died by suicide turned to the case of Chris Benoit. Bob McKeown investigates their research and its startling conclusions.

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Credits

producer/director: Morris Karp
reporter/writer: Bob McKeown
associate producer: Kyle E. Brown
editor: Tania White
cinematography: John Badcock, CSC, Peter Zin
audio: Joe Passaretti, Keith Bonnell, Larry Kent
graphic designer: Tim Kindrachuk
audio mix: Damian Kearns
website producer: Annette Bradford
website coordinator: Eleanor Besley
senior producer: Salley Reardon
executive producer: David Studer