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RIP
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How do they know someone died, but not know his name?Comment -
Some suggestions he fell from his balcony.
I am seeing the name John McCarthy but no confirmation on thatComment -
Pound port next week hawl?Comment -
I'm going to go out on a limb here, and say alcohol was involved. ( I didn't read article)Comment -
Yep, reporting it on the radio here as John McCarthy. Nothing official released yet. They must be trying to get a hold of all family members.Comment -
Famous player staying at the Flamingo? Guy must have been barreled in......Comment -
Not to be ignorant but i dont think youd classify him as famous, giantComment -
John McCarthy, RIP. Too young, too soon and a terrible way to die.
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Yep, 22. Pretty sure he would have been in Vegas with team mates too.
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Pretty good ref.
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At this point, the club is unable to confirm the identity of the player involved in this tragedy as family members are still being informed.
A group from the Port Adelaide playing group left Adelaide on Saturday for a holiday....Port Adelaide general manager (football) Peter Rohde is on his way to the United States to be with the players.Comment -
Confirmed the incident took place at the flamingo.Comment -
Shocking.
Hopefully we can get some extra draft picks for this, perhaps a bit more cash from the boss.Comment -
What horrible news. Footy just doesn't seem to matter much at times like this. I was watching Fox Footy last night and I had to turn it off. It just didn't seem right.
He would have only been in Vegas for 12 hours. Port Adelaide B+F awards were on Friday night.
It sounds like he might have jumped from the reports today:
McCarthy's girlfriend Dani Smarrelli has confirmed to the club that McCarthy called her less than two hours before his death in a confused and distressed state. He had become separated from his teammates and told her he wanted to return home and was heading for the airport. She then called girlfriends of McCarthy's teammates in Vegas, including Brett Ebert, Travis Boak and Hamish Hartlett, urging them to make calls to Las vegas.
Whatever the case. RIP J-Mac.
The Giant: They just wanted to make sure the family were informed, so they didn't hear about it on TV. Do the media in America not give you that kind of respect? Our media is generally very sensitive with that kind of thing.Comment -
He fell/jumped off of the roof, no?
His girlfriend said he'd told her on the phone an hour before his death that he wanted to come home even though him and his teammates just got there that day. So tragic.Comment -
Ah crap, shari.
I clicked edit to get the report on what the GF said, then you posted before I could fix it.
Its awful. Yeah he jumped or fell. I'm leaning towards jumped now. A lot of these AFL guys are pretty highly strung. Who knows what was going through his head at the time.Comment -
Might it have had something to do with being knocked back from a night club whilst his team-mates and Bulldogs players were accepted in? One can only wonder. If he was only in Vegas a few hours he might not have been that drunk or drunk at all.
Here's the pic of where he died, it might help put things in a bit of perspective if you haven't seen it already:
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So he was apparently trying to jump to a palm tree to get down. Bizarre.
I can't think of any drug that would make me want to do that.
So, what do we think the results of the toxicology will be? My guess is pills, but not with a lot of confidence.Comment -
Bath saltsComment -
Very sad news, looks like he just went too hard too soon in Vegas, pills, alcohol and coke are my guess but who knows.Comment
in your face.