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Ex-Yankees Pitcher Hideki Irabu Found Dead in Apparent Suicide

LOS ANGELES -- Former New York Yankees pitcher Hideki Irabu was found dead, an apparent suicide in the wealthy suburb of Rancho Palos Verdes.The 42-year-old Irabu was found at 4:25 p.m. PDT Wednesday, county sheriff's Sgt. Michael Arriaga said."He was found dead by an apparent suicide," Arriaga said Thursday.Los Angeles County coroner's official Ed Winter said his office was not releasing any circumstances of the death other than it was being investigated as a suicide. The autopsy will be performed Friday or Saturday.Neighbors described Irabu as a quiet, unassuming man who had apparently grown despondent recently because of a split with his wife.Mary Feuerlicht said she was about to go pick up her son on Wednesday morning when a man came running down the driveway from Irabu's large two-story home, perched atop a hill with views of the harbor and downtown Los Angeles, pleading with her to call police.Feuerlicht said she was later told by sheriff's deputies and the man who asked her for ...

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