The message was short. It read, “Every time we’ve played a show lately a celebrity dies. So far we have Farrah Fawcett, then David Carradine, and now Billy Mays. I hope you guys don’t know anybody famous.”Choose Your Poison played Saturday night in Wisconsin. Steve McNair was killed that night. I just got home from work and haven’t read or heard any details yet. I would hardly say I knew Steve, but I did get to do a lengthy sit-down interview with him in 2000. His nephew, Elliot McNair, who played college basketball at North Carolina Central (and lived in the same town as I do), introduced us. I really don’t remember too much about the conversation, he was one of the only football players that I have ever formally interviewed, as I really don’t follow the sport. He was personable, funny and was a baseball fan, too.
Time will tell what happened, but regardless of the reason or events leading to his murder or death, it is a sad situation. RIP Steve McNair.
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