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Book describes troubled Walter Payton NFL & AFL Football Statistics :  They called it the sweetness, but the Chicago Bears great Walter Payton had a dark side, according to a biography to be published Oct. 4. From “Sweetness: Walter Payton’s enigmatic life,” Jeff Pearlman will appear in the Oct. 3 issue of Sports Illustrated magazine, and describes the Hall of Fame, such as suicide, abuse of analgesics and anti-collapse of family status . Payton, who retired, then all-time leader rusher in NFL history after 1987 season, was depressed and suicidal in the mid-1990s. Perlman cites a letter to a friend, in which Payton said he imagines killing those around him and then turn the weapon against him. “Walter called me all the time saying he would commit suicide, he was tired,” said long-time agent Bud Payton Holmes, according to SI.com. “He was angry. Nobody liked him. He wanted to be dead.” Executive Assistant to Payton in Ginny … Continue reading →