By the end of his life, espn.com reports, Webster was often “laced with a varying, numbing cocktail of medications: Ritalin or Dexedrine to keep him calm. Paxil to ease anxiety. Prozac to ward off depression. Klonopin to prevent seizures. Vicodin or Ultram or Darvocet or Lorcet, in various combinations, to subdue the general ache. And Eldepryl, commonly prescribed to patients who suffer from Parkinson’s disease.”
This four-time champion was homeless, broke, mentally incapacitated and, at the end of his life, was unable to attend his young son’s birthday party because of his infirmities.
