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Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez, who was serving a life sentence for a murder conviction and just days ago was acquitted of a double murder, died after hanging himself in his prison cell early Wednesday, Massachusetts prisons officials said.

Hernandez, 27, was found by guards in his cell at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley just after 3 a.m., Department of Correction spokesman Christopher Fallon said in a statement.

The former New England Patriots tight end was pronounced dead at UMass Memorial-HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster about an hour later.


Massachusetts prisons officials say former NFL star Aaron Hernandez hung himself in his cell and was pronounced dead at a hospital. He was 27. AP Photo/Steven Senne
Hernandez was in a single cell in a general population housing unit in the maximum security state prison. He hanged himself using a bed sheet that he attached to a cell window, Fallon said.

Hernandez tried to block the cell door from the inside by jamming the door with various items, Fallon said.

Fallon said he's not aware of any suicide note written by Hernandez and stressed that an investigation is ongoing. He said that officials had no concern that Hernandez was planning on taking his own life, and if there was a concern about his well-being, Hernandez would have been transferred to a mental health unit.

Hernandez was moved to tears on Friday after he was acquitted of the 2012 fatal shootings of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado in Boston. Just before his acquittal, Hernandez was seen blowing kisses to the little girl he fathered with fiancée Shayanna Jenkins. Cameras captured the tender exchange.

But Hernandez was still serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for his conviction in the 2013 shooting of Odin Lloyd, who was dating Jenkins' sister.

Hernandez's lawyers did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Hernandez's death comes the same day the Patriots are making their visit to the White House today to mark their Super Bowl win.

"We are aware of the reports, but I don't anticipate that we will be commenting today," a Patriots spokesman told ESPN on Wednesday morning.

Massachusetts State Police remain on the scene investigating the death.



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Blowing kisses to his daughter last week





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Saying one last goodbye

US Tax Payers just saved a ton of money.

Hey Aaron - say hello to Satan and tell him to save space for Trump and all his supporters.

Do you think Prince and Michael Jackson are making a new mixed tape with Aaron Hernandez right now?

I bet after being in prison for all that time his end wasn't so tight anymore.

Grab them ankles, BOY! Wrote:
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> I bet after being in prison for all that time his
> end wasn't so tight anymore.

Woo wee u sayin he didnt like the ham in the can

I'm surprised that lots of life-sentence people don't do that. Can you imagine being 27 and looking at the next sixty years in prison?

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You mean the thug gang member murderer was just a chicken shit coward who couldn't do the time after committing the crime?

Good riddance to this worthless piece of shit asshole.

Burn in hell dip shit.

You won't be missed.

Hang in there bud

Grab them ankles, BOY! Wrote:
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> I bet after being in prison for all that time his
> end wasn't so tight anymore.

He was a WIDE RECEIVER.