Mike Tyson's daughter dies after hanging accident

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The 4-year-old daughter of boxer Mike Tyson died at a hospital Tuesday, a day after her neck apparently got caught in a treadmill cord at her Phoenix home, police said.

Exodus Tyson was pronounced dead just before noon, police Sgt. Andy Hill said. She had been on life support and police have said their investigation showed her injury on Monday was a "tragic accident."

"There are no words to describe the tragic loss of our beloved Exodus," the family said in a statement. "We ask you now to please respect our need at this very difficult time for privacy to grieve and try to help each other heal."

Police said Exodus either slipped or put her head in the loop of a cord hanging under the console. Her 7-year-old brother found her and told their mother. She took Exodus off the cord, called 911 and tried to revive her.

Responding officers and firefighters performed CPR as they took the girl to the hospital.

Former heavyweight champion Tyson was in Las Vegas at the time of the accident and flew Monday to Phoenix, where he was seen entering the hospital.

The family's home is in a modest, quiet neighborhood. Neighbors say they saw Tyson there from time to time and the children played outside regularly.

Dinka Radic, who lives across the street, says the little girl would ask her if she had any chocolate in the house. When Radic would get some and give it to her, Exodus would hug the woman's knees and "kiss, kiss, kiss."

The neighborhood contrasts starkly with the lavish lifestyle Tyson had through his tumultuous years of boxing, when he spent tens of millions of dollars and says he had millions more stolen from him by unscrupulous associates. During two years at the height of his career, he earned $140 million.

The death of his child in such an unusual accident adds an awful chapter to the boxer's troubled life.

Tyson first began boxing in a facility for juvenile delinquents in upstate New York at the age of 12. Eight years later, he became the youngest heavyweight champion ever when he knocked out Trevor Berbick in 1986. But in 1990, he was defeated by James "Buster" Douglas in one of the biggest upsets in boxing history, and soon after was convicted of raping a beauty pageant contestant in Indianapolis.

Tyson, who still denies he raped the woman, served three years in prison.

A few years later, he served three months in jail for beating up two men after a minor car crash in suburban Washington.

As his career continued, so did his bizarre behavior. He bit off a piece of Evander Holyfield's ear during a boxing match and once threatened to eat the children of heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis.

Although Tyson's children had lived in their unassuming neighborhood for several years, he purchased a separate home in the tony Phoenix suburb of Paradise Valley in 2005 for $2.1 million, selling it two years later for $2.3 million.

In November 2007, Tyson spent 24 hours in Maricopa County's "Tent City" jail after pleading guilty to one count of cocaine possession and one misdemeanor count of driving under the influence. Police found the drug when they pulled over Tyson's car after he left a Scottsdale night club.

According to police, Tyson said after his arrest that he bought cocaine "whenever I can get my hands on it."

At Tyson's sentencing hearing, nearly a year after the arrest, his attorney David Chesnoff said his client had taken 29 drug tests without a relapse and was attending Alcoholic Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous meetings.

Tyson had become an example of how one overcomes problems with drugs, a violent past and poor upbringing, Chesnoff said.

"He's tried his hardest," his attorney said, "despite coming from almost impossible beginnings."

Associated Press Writers Bob Baum and Terry Tang contributed to this report.

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I Feel bad For Mike...His Life's Already Been Rough Enough As It Is...I Hope He Can Find Some Peace Of Mind Eventually....

 

[Spinal Tap]

Nobody deserves that, not even an asshole like Tyson. A tragedy to be sure.

 

[Grumpy_Bottom]

 

[3 Point Stan]

F*** this is awful.

 

[TomWaits & you]

Nobody deserves that, not even an asshole like Tyson. A tragedy to be sure.

Nobody deserves that, including a percieved asshole like Tyson. He was a juvenile mild, with otherworldly talent. The type of shit we bitch about when it gets him otherworldly sums.

He was a man, who dealt with shit you'll never understand. Yeah, he blew more money than we'll have, but he also loved his kids. I wouldn't doubt if he didn't love them MORE. Because he never really knew what it was like to BE a kid. Despite your blah, blah, blah, about proper parenthood or proper childhood.

His child's dead. Save your asshole judgements. In my opinion. No Tyson, apologist, either.

 

[TomWaits & you]

To add: he probably WAS a child. When Cus D'Amato died, so did Mike. He was on auto-pilot.

Don't excuse, him? Fine. Maybe you shouldn't blame him, either.

 

[Spinal Tap]

Nobody deserves that, including a percieved asshole like Tyson. He was a juvenile mild, with otherworldly talent. The type of shit we bitch about when it gets him otherworldly sums.

He was a man, who dealt with shit you'll never understand. Yeah, he blew more money than we'll have, but he also loved his kids. I wouldn't doubt if he didn't love them MORE. Because he never really knew what it was like to BE a kid. Despite your blah, blah, blah, about proper parenthood or proper childhood.

His child's dead. Save your asshole judgements. In my opinion. No Tyson, apologist, either.

Again, confused.

 

[TomWaits & you]

Again, confused.

I'm willing to explain.

 

[TomWaits & you]

You able?

 

[taltos]

Nobody deserves that, including a percieved asshole like Tyson. He was a juvenile mild, with otherworldly talent. The type of shit we bitch about when it gets him otherworldly sums.

He was a man, who dealt with shit you'll never understand. Yeah, he blew more money than we'll have, but he also loved his kids. I wouldn't doubt if he didn't love them MORE. Because he never really knew what it was like to BE a kid. Despite your blah, blah, blah, about proper parenthood or proper childhood.

His child's dead. Save your asshole judgements. In my opinion. No Tyson, apologist, either.

I give him sympathy for the loss of his child but disagree with the rest of your post. He was a thug before he got into boxing. He was a rapist and wife beater as a boxer. He is lower than something that I scrape off the bottom of my shoe.

 

[tommysgirl]

So very, very sad.

 

[IndyColtsSBXLI]

Nobody deserves that, including a percieved asshole like Tyson. He was a juvenile mild, with otherworldly talent. The type of shit we bitch about when it gets him otherworldly sums.

He was a man, who dealt with shit you'll never understand. Yeah, he blew more money than we'll have, but he also loved his kids. I wouldn't doubt if he didn't love them MORE. Because he never really knew what it was like to BE a kid. Despite your blah, blah, blah, about proper parenthood or proper childhood.

His child's dead. Save your asshole judgements. In my opinion. No Tyson, apologist, either.

Re-read his comment

 

[mikiemo83]

Nobody deserves that, including a percieved asshole like Tyson. He was a juvenile mild, with otherworldly talent. The type of shit we bitch about when it gets him otherworldly sums.

He was a man, who dealt with shit you'll never understand. Yeah, he blew more money than we'll have, but he also loved his kids. I wouldn't doubt if he didn't love them MORE. Because he never really knew what it was like to BE a kid. Despite your blah, blah, blah, about proper parenthood or proper childhood.

His child's dead. Save your asshole judgements. In my opinion. No Tyson, apologist, either.

tragic loss for mike - a parent losing a child is something I wish on no one


...but please do not justify his behaviour prior to this, there are many who have lived a tough life and not turned into an animal

As a Boxer Mike Tyson is one of the greatest ever....who he is out of the ring I do not care for

 

[PSC_Pats_Fan]

Mike Tyson was indeed a thug and and an asshole. He's since turned things around a little bit, but that doesn't excuse his behavior, ESPECIALLY the rape.


But like others have allready said, this is a tragic loss no matter who you are.


Very sad. Hopefully this will not turn Tyson back to the dark side of life.

 

[No.1jag]

I'm not going to justify his behavior but I think it was not classy to make sure to put all of Tyson's past problems in this article when it had to do with his daughter dying of a horrible accident. No need to remind the world of his past we all know it already.

 

[tehrick67]

I'm going to justify his behavior but I think it was not classy to make sure to put all of Tyson's past problems in this article when it had to do with his daughter dying of a horrible accident. No need to remind the world of his past we all know it already.

I agree, the stuff from his past has nothing to do with the tragic loss of his daughter.

I'm not a big fan of Mike but I feel very badly for him, nobody should have to deal with this..

 

[Pyxis]

I'm not going to justify his behavior but I think it was not classy to make sure to put all of Tyson's past problems in this article when it had to do with his daughter dying of a horrible accident. No need to remind the world of his past we all know it already.

I totally agree with you. The article was in very poor taste. This should be about celebrating the little girl's short life.

 

[Spinal Tap]

I can't imagine losing my daughter. I cannot fathom it in any way. So sad......

 

[Mr. Happy Sock]

Talking about the loss of a child is not something I'm comfortable with even typing. The pain and anguish any parent must feel has to be beyond excrucuating and torturous. As a parent, you would do anything- ANYTHING- for your child and would lay down your life in their defense without thinking.

To be helpless in watching your child's life slip away after a horrible accident like this is a pain worse than any other I can think of, and I'm sure that the guilt Tyson feels is unbearable even though there's nothing he could have done to stop it from happening.

As a father, I genuinely feel for him and hope that he can someday, somehow find inner peace in dealing with this loss.

 

[No.1jag]

Talking about the loss of a child is not something I'm comfortable with even typing. The pain and anguish any parent must feel has to be beyond excrucuating and torturous. As a parent, you would do anything- ANYTHING- for your child and would lay down your life in their defense without thinking.

To be helpless in watching your child's life slip away after a horrible accident like this is a pain worse than any other I can think of, and I'm sure that the guilt Tyson feels is unbearable even though there's nothing he could have done to stop it from happening.

As a father, I genuinely feel for him and hope that he can someday, somehow find inner peace in dealing with this loss.

I'm with you on this one HS. When I read about this or any other story involving children the first thing I think of is my own 3 children. No parent no mater should ever have to bury his or her child.