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Graciemag reporting death of Ryan Gracie
By Iain Liddle | December 15, 2007
News to make the fighting world tremble. According to news carried by Globo TV, the black belt Ryan Gracie was found dead in the cell where he was being held at a police station in Sao Paulo after having been accused of car theft yesterday in the city of Sao Paulo. According to the Sao Paulo State Secretariat of Public Safety, Ryan was alone in the cell.
The originally-sourced articles in Portuguese (here and here).
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It was inevitable, unfortunatately. Though I do wonder about the circumstances of his death.
unfortunately, I mean.
Somehow this does not surprise me..
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gR7WX0nsR8od2g5d0A3NI9xzHzFg
“The Agencia Estado news service quoted Gracie’s physician Sabino Ferreira de Farias as saying that, at the time of his arrest, the fighter was taking antidepressants and anti-psychotic medication.
Globo TV said Farias tested Gracie’s urine shortly after his arrest and found traces of cocaine, crack and marijuana. Bittencourt would not comment on the unconfirmed reports, and Farias could not be contacted at his drug rehabilitation clinic.”
We have already tracked down Wallid Ismail in Brazil to for Fight Opinion Radio listeners on the details. For many years, Wallid was Ryan’s sworn enemy and they had a number of encounters in streets that culminated with Wallid choking Ryan unconscious.
The two buried the hatch recently, and in the next edition of Fight Opinion Radio Wallid will fill us all in on the details coming out of Brazil.
Uhm.
his death was a sad thing for the GRACIE family.
as his niece i miss him so much.
i love him.
and rest in peace
Uhm.
i dont even know what to say.
i miss him so much.
and as his niece i think its SAD.
not juts for me but for the WORLD…..
i love you.
R.I.P
Vicky its ok cry for a cupple of days for your uncle but life goes on and you have to forget about the bad things in the past and look foward in to the future. ILY
Hailey.G
Ryan struggled a lot to come to terms with himself, but was a great martial artist nonetheless. He will certainly be missed and may he rest in peace and deepest condolances to all of the Gracie family.