Junior Seau eighth player to die from 1994 Chargers team

Former Pro Bowl linebacker Junior Seau is the eighth member of the San Diego Chargers' 1994 Super Bowl team to pass away.

The others:

• Defensive end Chris Mims died due to an enlarged heart on Oct. 15, 2008, in his Los Angeles apartment. He was battling significant weight and financial problems at the time. He was 38.
• Linebacker David Griggs died June 19, 1995 in auto accident in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was 28.
• Running back Rodney Culver, 26, and his wife, Karen, died May 11, 1996, when a ValuJet flight crashed in the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 aboard.
• Linebacker Lewis Bush died Dec. 8, 2011, in Tucson of cardiac arrest. He was 42.
• Center Curtis Whitley was found dead due to an apparent drug overdose on May 11, 2008, in Fort Stockton, Texas. He was 39.
• Defensive tackle Shawn Lee died Feb. 26, 2011, in Raleigh, N.C., of cardiac arrest brought on by double pneumonia. He was 44.
• Linebacker Doug Miller was killed by lightning strikes July 21, 1998, in Dotsero, Colo. He was 28.

"I am surprised, but only because they're saying he committed suicide," said former Chargers linebacker Dennis Gibson, a member of the '94 squad, of Seau's passing. "You just kind of shake your head and wonder what was going on."

Gibson added: "About every year now, you hear about somebody passing on. It's almost not even a surprise anymore when somebody dies from the group of guys that I played with on that team because there have been so many guys who have passed away in the last few years."

Contributing:Des Moines Register